The Natural System of Colours

54 points by janpio 4 months ago | 6 comments
  • Kaijo 4 months ago
    From what I understand, Moses's major contribution was describing color mixing principles for pigment paints independent of the notion of specially nominated primary colors, showing among other things that a mixture of any two paints is reduced in saturation in proprtion to their separation on the hue circle. I've been exploring classic color theory texts lately and the most illuminating by far as been Michel-Eugène Chevreul's "Principles of Color Harmony and Contrast", which has a wonderful recent translation and commentary by Dan Margulis. The core of the work elucidates what are known today as the optical phenomena of simultaneous contrast, chromatic adaptation, perceptual constancy. There is also a good overview and critique of historical color wheels at https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/color14.html
    • stared 4 months ago
      Presentation style and topic make me think "isn't it the author of Byrne's Euclid in SVG?". And yes, it is! https://www.c82.net/blog/?id=79
      • NetOpWibby 4 months ago
        Mucking about making color wheels is something I feel I’d do in that time period too. Y’know, barring racism and’s all that.
        • anigbrowl 4 months ago
          These are so much more pleasing than the modern 'standard' ones.
          • cyberax 4 months ago
            Pantone?
            • anigbrowl 4 months ago
              Color wheels of the sort commonly presented in art books.