A retelling of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1810

Theory of Colours

“Goethe's own account of colour, built not on Newton's prism but on what the eye sees: colours as the deeds and sufferings of light, arising where light meets darkness — in the eye itself, in hazy and transparent media, and in substances — and ending in the moral and aesthetic effect of each colour on the mind, from the serene warmth of yellow to the gravity and dignity of purple.”

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Contents6 episodes · ~19 min

  1. 1First Division: Physiological ColoursFree
  2. 2Second Division: Physical Colours🔒
  3. 3Third Division: Chemical Colours🔒
  4. 4Fourth Division: General Characteristics🔒
  5. 5Fifth Division: Relation to Other Pursuits🔒
  6. 6Sixth Division: The Sensual and Moral Effect of Colour🔒