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systems

• history of the color wheel

• color schemes and color palettes

• Pantone Matching System

• Munsell System

• other color systems

> physics of
color vision

• additive & subtractive color modes

• temperature of color

• electromagnetic spectrum

• light sources

 

> physiology of color vision

• rods and cones

• camouflage in nature

• synesthesia: cross sensations

> materials of color

• pigments, inks & dyes

• mediums & binders

• chemistry of food and color

 

> optical effect of color part 1

• Chevreul and Albers

• other major color theorists

• Impressionists/
Pointillists

> optical effect of color part 2

• Op Art

• complements and neutrals

• illusion of depth using color

 

 

> psychological effect of color

• marketing

• color forecasting

> colors in cultural context

• symbolic

• ritual

• history

• other

 

 

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