Studies at the Bauhaus began with the obligatory preliminary course, which taught methods for working with creative materials using a new and sometimes experimental educational approach. This was followed by training in the workshops, which largely dispensed with the division between theory and practice. The ultimate educational goal was to apply all the acquired knowledge to the building.
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Color theory is the idea and practice of applying colors to art and design. There are three basic organizing principles found in color theory: the color wheel, color harmony, and the context in which colors are used.
An excellent guide and discussion is found on David Briggs' website, The Dimensions of Colour. We'll examine each of these below.
1. The Color Wheel
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| RGB (Red, Green, Blue) Color Wheel Source: Wikipedia |
Colors are divided into main categories.
There are three primary colors: red, yellow and blue.
There are three secondary colors: orange, purple and green
These are called secondary colors because we may mix primary colors to form the secondary colors: orange (made by mixing red and yellow); purple (made by mixing blue and red); and green (made by mixing yellow and blue).
From this various tertiary colours may be combined into intermediate hues and shades. Colors like brown are also formed from mixing across the range of the color wheel. In the case of brown it is derived from a mixture of red pigments (a primary color) and green pigments (a secondary color). Black may be made by a careful blending of all the colors together.
Web Applications and the Color Wheel.
Most of us have encountered color choice applications on the web that allow users to customize and select their colors. These are color pickers and they are integrated into everyday computer programs and applications, including Photoshop and similar design applications. An example of an online HTML color picker is found here.
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