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To those not into the mythical vibe: I totally get it. I stumbled onto something that looked good by accident and thought it’d be fun to lean into the mystical

by meodai 1y ago

To those not into the mythical vibe: I totally get it. I stumbled onto something that looked good by accident and thought it’d be fun to lean into the mystical theme — especially since there’s no real science or theory behind it (that I know of). Mostly, I just wanted an excuse to build a fun website around it. And to everyone else — thanks for the kind words, really appreciate it!

gnulinux 1y ago
I love the "old internet" vibe with the new internet look. I think it's a very creative idea, I wouldn't mind the haters too too much. I love it!
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Daub 1y ago
> especially since there’s no real science or theory behind it (that I know of). The literature on hue harmony is fuzzy, but there are a few gems. Check out Matsuda [1] who tracked the colors of what his female students were wearing, and tried to identify any principles informing their color choice. My criticism of him is that he plotted hue distribution on the RGB color wheel. The RYB wheel would have been a far better choice. His paper is in Japanese, but is summarized in multiple places. Below [2] is a link to 2 pages from a lecture I gave which summarizes his findings. I'm sure you also know of Kuehni's classic tome on color spaces [3]. A fun and informative read. There has been no research on hue antagonism (which is the idea that underpins complementary pairs). This is crazy, as it would be a very easy subject to investigate. To me it is obvious that there is a special relationship between antagonistic pairs above the fact that they mix to neutral. Supporting this is the fact that Leondro DaVinci documented this relationship even before hue circle was invented [4]! As for the mystical dimension of color harmony... this has been assumed since the dawn of color science. Newton himself believed that there was seven colors in his hue circle for no other reason than this was a spiritually significant value [5]. Itten [6], Goethe [7] and Kandinsky [8] all absolutely believed in the spiritual dimension of color. Personally, I believe that their work has had nothing but a destructive impact on how artists and designers use color. It is wildly inconsistent, vague and often plain wrong. [1] Matsuda: Color Design. Asakura Shoten (in Japanese). (1995) [2] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ac93etjyg0z5y2ouq5ge/matsuda.pdf?rlkey=qjakg5pms4v4lppcr0ogx7y31&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ac93etjyg0z5y2ouq5ge/matsuda... [3] Kuehni, R.: Color Space and its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present. Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken (2003) [4] Leonardo da Vinci, Trans. J. F. Rigaud, A Treatise on Painting (London: J.B. Nichols & Son, 1835). [5] Matt Chamings “Why are there seven colours in a rainbow?” New Scientist, Last Word, 2021. [6] Johannes Itten, The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1961). [7] J. W. v. Goethe, Goethe's Colour Theory, Trans. C. L. Eastlake (London: John Murray, 1840). [8] Wassily Kandinsky, Trans. Michael Sadler, Concerning the spiritual in art (Penguin UK, 2024), p. 59.
- meodai 1y ago
  My process was honestly a lot of: “oh, that looks good.” That’s what I meant by “not backed by science” — I didn’t even try to base it on color theory. Thanks so much for the treasure trove of references — can’t wait to sink my teeth into it!
laughingcurve 1y ago
Great work and a wonderful presentation
- noufalibrahim 1y ago
  Indeed. I really like the aesthetics of the site. Clean but retains a character of its own.
fc417fc802 1y ago
It's a neat tool but some usability feedback. With third party JS disabled the failure mode is a blank window if any of 3 core domains are blocked. I'm accustomed to a bit of breakage given how I do things but catastrophic failure when any single item is missing makes it needlessly difficult to debug.
creata 1y ago
Hi OP. I don't know if you'll see this, but the 300 weight text is hard to read on a regular (96ppi) screen. If you're interested, you can use the `resolution` CSS media query to increase the font weight on just low-density devices.
- meodai 1y ago
  thanks for letting me know

by meodai 1y ago

gnulinux 1y ago

I love the "old internet" vibe with the new internet look. I think it's a very creative idea, I wouldn't mind the haters too too much. I love it!

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Daub 1y ago

> especially since there’s no real science or theory behind it (that I know of). The literature on hue harmony is fuzzy, but there are a few gems. Check out Matsuda [1] who tracked the colors of what his female students were wearing, and tried to identify any principles informing their color choice. My criticism of him is that he plotted hue distribution on the RGB color wheel. The RYB wheel would have been a far better choice. His paper is in Japanese, but is summarized in multiple places. Below [2] is a link to 2 pages from a lecture I gave which summarizes his findings. I'm sure you also know of Kuehni's classic tome on color spaces [3]. A fun and informative read. There has been no research on hue antagonism (which is the idea that underpins complementary pairs). This is crazy, as it would be a very easy subject to investigate. To me it is obvious that there is a special relationship between antagonistic pairs above the fact that they mix to neutral. Supporting this is the fact that Leondro DaVinci documented this relationship even before hue circle was invented [4]! As for the mystical dimension of color harmony... this has been assumed since the dawn of color science. Newton himself believed that there was seven colors in his hue circle for no other reason than this was a spiritually significant value [5]. Itten [6], Goethe [7] and Kandinsky [8] all absolutely believed in the spiritual dimension of color. Personally, I believe that their work has had nothing but a destructive impact on how artists and designers use color. It is wildly inconsistent, vague and often plain wrong. [1] Matsuda: Color Design. Asakura Shoten (in Japanese). (1995) [2] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ac93etjyg0z5y2ouq5ge/matsuda.pdf?rlkey=qjakg5pms4v4lppcr0ogx7y31&dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ac93etjyg0z5y2ouq5ge/matsuda... [3] Kuehni, R.: Color Space and its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present. Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken (2003) [4] Leonardo da Vinci, Trans. J. F. Rigaud, A Treatise on Painting (London: J.B. Nichols & Son, 1835). [5] Matt Chamings “Why are there seven colours in a rainbow?” New Scientist, Last Word, 2021. [6] Johannes Itten, The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color (New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1961). [7] J. W. v. Goethe, Goethe's Colour Theory, Trans. C. L. Eastlake (London: John Murray, 1840). [8] Wassily Kandinsky, Trans. Michael Sadler, Concerning the spiritual in art (Penguin UK, 2024), p. 59.

meodai 1y ago
My process was honestly a lot of: “oh, that looks good.” That’s what I meant by “not backed by science” — I didn’t even try to base it on color theory. Thanks so much for the treasure trove of references — can’t wait to sink my teeth into it!

laughingcurve 1y ago

Great work and a wonderful presentation

noufalibrahim 1y ago
Indeed. I really like the aesthetics of the site. Clean but retains a character of its own.

fc417fc802 1y ago

It's a neat tool but some usability feedback. With third party JS disabled the failure mode is a blank window if any of 3 core domains are blocked. I'm accustomed to a bit of breakage given how I do things but catastrophic failure when any single item is missing makes it needlessly difficult to debug.

creata 1y ago

Hi OP. I don't know if you'll see this, but the 300 weight text is hard to read on a regular (96ppi) screen. If you're interested, you can use the `resolution` CSS media query to increase the font weight on just low-density devices.

meodai 1y ago
thanks for letting me know