It's the color game!

WEEK 10-DAY 6

1. SOUNDTRACK OF THE DAY

2. PLACES TO KNOW

Weimar, Germany

The Weimar Republic documentary

3. PEOPLE TO DISCOVER

Josef Albers - taught at Bauhaus and at the Black Mountain College. Josef Albers studied and explored colors and their interactions. Experiments relating to perception and resulting into optical illusions.

4. QUESTION OF THE DAY

5. INSPIRATION

Bauhaus -  the very first design academy in the world. A very special school where students got basic training in the properties of colours, forms and materials.
 
Short video about “Homage to the square” paintings’ series.

A pdf with some extracts of the book

Enter the realm of colors.

“Interaction of Colors” application for ipad 

“Interaction of Color” -  the link to the pdf or the whole book: 

 An article on the Interaction of Color

“A color has many faces...”. Colors is about relativity.

 Albert Einstein  - the proof

The Magic and Logic of Color: How Josef Albers Revolutionized Visual Culture and the Art of Seeing.

The work of Johannes Itten, another one who was associated to the Bauhaus.

 “The Art of Color.” - a book to read

 J. Wolfgang Goethe’s “Theory of Colors.”

A nice article about it.

A nice color matching game!