Guides

Guide A

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Guide A - General Introduction and Colour Science

Part One - History of Colour Theory -Theorists

  • Empedocles

  • Albert Munsell

  • Sir Isaac Newton

  • Joseph Albers

  • J.C. Maxwell

  • Michel Chevreul

  • Ewald Hering

  • Leonardo da Vinci

  • Johannes Itten

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  • Frans Gerritsen

  • Ogden Rood

  • Aristotle

  • Wilhelm Ostwald

  • Moses Harris

  • Faber Birren

Part Two - Contemporary Colour Science

  • Why Colour Science is important

  • Colour Recognition and the Human Eye

  • What is Colour?

  • Types of Ambient Light

  • Recognising and Coding Colours

Part Three – Recognising And Coding Colours

  • The Visual Wheel

  • The Natural Colour System

  • Hues, Tints and Shades

Part Four – Theories Of Colour Mixing

  • Subtractive Mixing

  • Partitive Mixing

  • Additive Mixing

Part Five - Colour Properties

What are Colour Properties?

Colour Properties and Light

  • Natural Light

  • Optical Light

  • Al fresco

  • Aerial Perspective

  • Multiple light sources

  • Colour Change in different lights

Colour Properties and the Human Eye

  • Afterimage

  • Brightness

  • Hue

  • Saturation

  • Speed

  • Value

Table of All Colour Properties and links to DISCOVERIES

Part Six - How The Colour Discoveries Are Organised

  • Using The GUIDES

  • Working through the COLOUR DISCOVERIES

  • Doing the Exercises

  • Completing the Course