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Color Theory

Submitted by zwahlendesign on Mon, 2008-07-14 15:55
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color wheel

The right color theory use "Red Green Blue"! and not "Red Yellow Blue"! Software, online tools and books use the wrong color theory based on the state of knowledge of 1810!

Reference

1. Newton Isaac, 1704: Color spectrum.
2. Maxwell James Clerk, 1856: Color gyro.
3. Benson William, 1868: Color cube.
4. Hickethier Alfred, 1952: Color cube.
5. Hölzel Adolf, 1904: 12-piece color cube.
6. Ostwald, Wilhelm 1917: Double cone
7. CIE, 1931: Color order.
9. Parramón José Maria, 1989: Color Theory, Wie mische ich meine Farben richtig, "Der Maler und seine Farben", "Das große Buch der Farben" and more.
10. Ames Jim, 1996: Color Theory Made Easy
11. Crüger Ingrid, 1999: Farbentheorie und Farbgestaltung
12. Johansson, Donald, 1998: Colors on the Web
13. Franklin, Kirk, 2001: moreCrayons
14. Zwick, Carola and Schmitz Burkhard / Studio 7.5, 2003: Digital Colour for the Internet and Other Media
15. Fraser Tom and Banks Adam, 2004: Designer's Color Manual
16. Greve, Kai, 2005: Die Farbe in der Computergrafik
17. Bachmann Ulrich, 2006: Farben zwischen Licht und Dunkelheit
18. Waldschmidt Brigitte, 2006: Die Kunst-Akademie. Farben mischen - Das Grundlagenbuch für Künstler
19. Weber Helen, 2006: Digitale Farbe, Handbuch Farbkomposition and Handbuch Farbkomposition - Webcolors.
20. Gekeler Hans, 2007: Handbuch der Farbe
21. Welsch, Norbert and Liebmann, Claus Chr., 2007: colors: Natur, Technik, Kunst
22. Hammer Norbert, 2008: Mediendesign für Studium and Beruf

Color Wheels and Color Picker

  • http://www.ipsi.fraunhofer.de/~crueger/farbe/farb-sechs.html
  • HSL Color Schemer
  • http://www.ficml.org/jemimap/style/color/wheel.html
  • http://www.weborum.com/color/wheel.html
  • http://r0k.us/graphics/SIHwheel.html
  • http://gmazzocato.altervista.org/colorwheel/wheel.php
  • http://www.febooti.com/products/iezoom/online-help/online-color-chart-picker.html
  • http://www.realcolorwheel.com/tubecolors.htm
  • http://www.kevcom.com/colorpicker/
  • http://pourpre.com/colordb/

The color weel in the art

  • http://www.art-head-start.com/color-wheel.html
  • http://www.meyette.net/Gallery_Page_02.htm
  • Handbuch der Farbe, Autor: Hans Gekeler, Verlag: DuMont Buchverlag, 6. edition 2007, Homepage: dumont-buchverlag.de
  • Wie mische ich meine Farben richtig, Autor: Jose M. Parramon, Verlag: Edition Fischer, Auflage: 5. Auflage 2005, Homepage: http://www.edition-m-fischer.de

The wrong color theory ("Red Yellow Blue") is not for artists!

Books

http://www.zwahlendesign.ch/en/node/251


The wrong color theory!

Conclusion: You should not use Adobe Kuler (http://kuler.adobe.com), http://wellstyled.com/tools/colorscheme2/index-en.html or ColorSchemer Studio (http://www.colorschemer.com)!

  • http://www.worqx.com/color/color_systems.htm
  • http://www.colormatters.com/colortheory.html
  • http://colortheory.liquisoft.com/
  • http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-theory-intro.htm
  • http://www.steeldolphin-forums.com/htmltuts/colortheory.html
  • http://www.csusm.edu/iits/trc/training/lessons/graphicDesign/d6color2/6_design_color2.htm
  • http://www.withpzazz.com/colorwheel.html
  • Adobe Kuler http://kuler.adobe.com/
  • ColorSchemer Studio http://www.colorschemer.com/
  • http://colors.napcsweb.com/colorschemer/
  • http://metacolor.de
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