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Johannes Itten (1888-1967)
Teacher (preliminary course) at Bauhaus in 1919-1923
Swiss expressionist painter, designer, writer and theorist
Known for his spiritual and psychological approach to
colours
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“The elements of colour: “In the realm of aesthetics, are there general rules and laws of color for the artist, or is the
aesthetic appreciation of colors governed solely by subjective opinion?”
- The elements of colour by Johannes Itten
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Ways of using colours
1) Symbolic use
2) Environmental Clarity Colour coding as a 'supergraphic' to discriminate
between the forms or main working parts of a building.
3) Blending of architectural form into its setting (blending)
4) Opposite of blending
To detach the building from its setting and use colour to decorate or to refer to concepts and ideas that exist
beyond its setting.
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The seven kinds of color contrast
Contrast of hue
Light-dark contrast
Cold-warm contrast
Complementary contrast
Simultaneous contrast
Contrast of saturation
Contrast of extension
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Contrast of Hue
The contrast is formed by the juxtaposition of different hues. The greater the distance
between hues on a color wheel, the greater the contrast.
Strongest contrast of hue: yellow – red – blue
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Light-dark contrast
Light-dark composition in black, white and grey
Same composition in blue
Colours of equal brilliance
Colours of equal darkness
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Lemons, Oranges and Rose, by Francisco de Zurbarán.
1598 - 1664/ Berlin. Guitar on Mantelpiece 1915
by Pablo Picasso
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Cold-warm contrast
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Complementary contrast
Itten’s Seven Colour Contrasts
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Montagne Saint Victoire by Cezanne
Madonna of the chancellor rolin by Jan van eyck
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Simultaneous contrast
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Contrast of sauration
Contrast of saturation is the contrast between, pure, intense colors and dull, mat,
diluted colors
Magic Fish by Paul Klee
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Le Piano, Matisse
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Contrast of extension
Contrast of extension involves the relative areas of two or more color patches. It is the contrast between much and little, great and small. Two factors determine the force of a
pure color, its brilliance and its extent.
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Contrast of Extension- Landscape with the fall of Icarus
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Johannes Itten’s colours on cosmetology
Johannes Itten and the Seasons color exercise
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