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It's not really a new thing. Rudolf Arnheim's Art and Visual Perception (published in 1974, widely read in art school from what I understand) had a whole chapte
by sedachv 16y ago
It's not really a new thing. Rudolf Arnheim's Art and Visual Perception (published in 1974, widely read in art school from what I understand) had a whole chapter about exactly the same material as in that blog post. But before that it had a chapter on the psychology of color, and why the color wheel is in fact useful.
- diiq 16y agoRight! I used "proposed" to mean "argued for" rather than "set forth for the first time". Arnheim is kind enough to distinguish between "generative complements" and what he calls "fundamental complements", (though I would prefer they be called "perceptual"). He warns specifically against confusing perceptual color and color-in-the-world. By making that distinction, Arnheim validates BOTH systems, rather than attempting to invalidate three-primary systems (as this article appears to do). The article calls RGB and RBY color "wrong" and unable to "stand up to even minor scrutiny". Arnheim calls them "generative". I claim their generative nature (that they inform how to create color) is why they are taught in schools. I'm not denying the four-color idea; I'm just saying it is based on a different definition of color, and different intended use of color.