Goethe's Theory of Colours · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
PHYSICAL COLOURS.
The Facility with which Colour appears The Definite Nature of Colour Combination of the Two Principles Augmentation to Red Junction of the Two Augmented Extremes Completeness the Result of Variety in Colour Harmony of the Complete State Facility with which Colour may be made to tend either to the Plus or Minus side Evanescence of Colour Permanence of Colour Relation to Philosophy Relation to Mathematics Relation to the Technical Operations of the Dyer Relation to Physiology and Pathology Relation to Natural History Relation to General Physics Relation to the Theory of Music Concluding Observations on Terminology Yellow Red-Yellow Yellow-Red Blue Red-Blue Blue-Red Red Green Completeness and Harmony Characteristic Combinations Yellow and Blue Yellow and Red Blue and Red Yellow-Red and Blue-Red Combinations Non-Characteristic Relation of the Combinations to Light and Dark Considerations derived from the Evidence of Experience and History Æsthetic Influence Chiaro-Scuro Tendency to Colour Keeping Colouring Colour in General Nature Colour of Particular Objects Characteristic Colouring Harmonious Colouring Genuine Tone False Tone Weak Colouring The Motley Dread of Theory Ultimate Aim Grounds Pigments Allegorical, Symbolical, Mystical Application of Colour Concluding Observations "Si vera nostra sunt aut falsa, erunt talia, licet nostra per vitam defendimus. Post fata nostra pueri qui nunc ludunt nostri judices erunt."
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