Color captivates. As the late Swiss expressionist painter, Paul Klee, put it, "color is the place where our brain and the universe meet." It's one of nature's great tools of attraction & signs of warning. It's a unifying part of human experience, but only a slice of the visual sensory experience science has shown possible.
This color wheel, captured in 1810 by German Romantic, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, was an early attempt to organize the realm of possibility. Over time, it's rectangular sibling has become a symbol of inclusivity, good fortune, and pride. In purity, lies beauty. In the gradient, lies opportunity. Mix. Remix.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Theory of Colours, 1810.
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