![]() ![]() His model combined Mayer’s three primary colors (or “pure” as they were known) plus black and white and spread them over a three-dimensional globe that was complete with cross-sectioning.Īlbert Henry Munsell and His 20th Century ModelĪlbert Henry Munsell brought the color wheel into the 20th century by constructing a color system that combined three-dimensionality with references to Newton’s theory. Philipp Otto Runge (Photo: Wikimedia Commons )Another notable color wheel was a color sphere created by painter Philip Otto Runge in 1807. Leone Battista Alberti is thought to have written it and laid the groundwork for the evolution of the color wheel. Color theory (not the color wheel) was first referenced during the Renaissance. With these new hues did not come a formal color theory, however. The color blue, for instance, was founded by the Egyptians when they figured out a process for producing permanent pigments from multiple minerals. These rudimentary palettes were limited in their hues and included earth pigments of red, yellow, and brown, as well as black from charcoal and burnt bones, and white from grounded calcite.Ĭolor Evolves into Formal Color Theory (and the Color Wheel)Īs artists continued to experiment with color, they evolved the pigments created by those before them. They produced pigment from what was around them-in this case, dirt, clay, or charcoal with a binder of spit or animal fat. ![]() The first color palettes were created 40,000 years ago by ancient people who created cave paintings. ![]()
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