A groundbreaking text on colour theory, Goethe’s seminal work challenges Newtonian theories to explore the human experience and subjective nature of colour.
First published in 1810 as Zur Farbenlehre, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s classic work took a pioneering approach to colour science, exploring the interplay of light and shadow, the emotional effects of colours and their dynamic relationships. Thoroughly detailed and highly illustrated, The Theory of Colour laid the foundation for modern understanding, with Goethe producing the universal colour wheel that is still referenced today.
- Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye
- Dazzling Colourless Objects
- Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
- Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
- Augmentation of Colour
- Physical and Chemical Effects of the Transmission of Light through Coloured Mediums
- Relation to Natural History
- Allegorical, Symbolical, Mystical Application of Colour
Its contents include:
Though initially controversial, Goethe’s insights have profoundly impacted art and science, influencing figures like Wassily Kandinsky and the Bauhaus School. This facsimile edition faithfully reproduces Goethe’s original text and illustrations. The Theory of Colours remains essential for anyone interested in the intersection of art, science, and the multifaceted world of colour.
Table of Content
Contents:
1. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe—A Biography
2. Goethe’s Farbenlehre—A Critique by Professor John Tyndall
3. The Psychology of Colour by Bonnie E. Snow
4. Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye
5. Effects of Black and White Objects on the Eye
6. Grey Surfaces and Objects
7. Dazzling Colourless Objects
8. Coloured Objects
9. Coloured Shadows
10. Faint Lights
11. Subjective Halos
12. Pathological Colours—Appendix
13. Dioptrical Colours
14. Dioptrical Colours of the First Class
15. Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class—Refraction
16. Subjective Experiments
17. Refraction without the Appearance of Colour
18. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
19. Conditions under which the Appearance of Colour Increases
20. Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena
21. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
22. Grey Objects Displaced by Refraction
23. Coloured Objects Displaced by Refraction
24. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
25. Advantages of Subjective Experiments—Transition to the Objective
26. Objective Experiments
27. Refraction without the Appearance of Colour
28. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
29. Conditions of the Increase of Colour
30. Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena
31. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
32. Grey Objects
33. Coloured Objects
34. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
35. Combination of Subjective and Objective
36. Experiments
37. Transition
38. Catoptrical Colours
39. Paroptical Colours
40. Epoptical Colours
41. Chemical Contrast
42. White
43. Black
44. First Excitation of Colour
45. Augmentation of Colour
46. Culmination
47. Fluctuation
48. Passage through the Whole Scale
49. Inversion
50. Fixation
51. Intermixture, Real
52. Intermixture, Apparent
53. Communication, Actual
54. Communication, Apparent
55. Extraction
56. Nomenclature
57. Minerals
58. Plants
59. Worms, Insects, Fishes
60. Birds
61. Mammalia and Human Beings
62. Physical and Chemical Effects of the Transmission of Light through Coloured Mediums
63. Chemical Effect in Dioptrical Achromatism
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