The colour wheels of art, perception, science and physiology |
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Authors: | Nick Harkness |
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Institution: | Nick Harkness Pty Ltd., Birdcage 3.1, 65 Doody Street, South Sydney Corporate Park, Alexandria NSW 2015, Australia |
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Abstract: | Colour is not the domain of any one discipline be it art, philosophy, psychology or science. Each discipline has its own colour wheel and this presentation examines the origins and philosophies behind the colour circles of Art, Perception, Science and Physiology (after image) with reference to Aristotle, Robert Boyle, Leonardo da Vinci, Goethe, Ewald Hering and Albert Munsell.The paper analyses and discusses the differences between the four colour wheels using the Natural Colour System® notation as the reference for hue (the position of colours within each of the colour wheels). Examination of the colour wheels shows the dominance of blue in the wheels of art, science and physiology particularly at the expense of green.This paper does not consider the three-dimensionality of colour space its goal was to review the hue of a colour with regard to its position on the respective colour wheels. |
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Keywords: | CIE L*a*b* Colour circles Colour wheels Elementary colours Primary colours The Natural Colour System® The Munsell system |
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