Hi Julie!
Here’s my list of free online resources on the color wheel and color theory:
Colorsystem
http://www.colorsystem.com/?lang=en
59 easy-to-understand, richly illustrated colour theories from the Antiquity to modern times: in short, a complete cultural history of colour written by Prof. Narciso Silvestrini and Prof. Ernst Peter Fischer.
Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History
http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/colour-wheels-charts-and-tables-through-history/
A chronology of various attempts through the last four centuries to visually organise and make sense of colour. A wide variety of forms and methods are represented: from simple wheels to multi-layered pyramids, from scientific systems to
those based on the hues of human emotion.
Goethe’s Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours)
https://archive.org/details/goethestheoryco01goetgoog
PDF (text in German)
Werner's nomenclature of colours
https://archive.org/details/gri_c00033125012743312
PDF: German mineralogist named Abraham Gottlob Werner invented a color system, as detailed and thorough a guide as an artist might need. But rather than only cater to the needs of painters, designers, and manufacturers, Werner’s Nomenclature
of Colours also served the needs of scientists. “Charles Darwin even used the guide,” writes This is Colossal, “during his voyage to the Madeira, Canary, and Cape Verde islands on the H.M.S. Beagle.”
Kind regards,
Catherine
Catherine Kerrigan ::: Librarian
T 08 8299 7300
Adelaide Central School of Art ::: PO
Box 225 Fullarton SA 5063
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Fiona Roberts – Façade
Adelaide Central Gallery
Exhibition open 12 February – 20 March 2018
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2017, digital design
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Good Morning,
I am a librarian at Centralia College in Washington State and trying to find online resources about the color wheel and color theory for one of our art instructors.
I greatly appreciate any suggestions you have!
Thank you!
Julie Nurse
Julie Nurse
Information Literacy Librarian and Library Manager
Centralia College
(360)623-8567
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