A short-form series on historical and contemporary color wheels, and why they were built. Each episode discusses what problem a color wheel (or wheels) tried to solve, who made it, and what it gets right or wrong. We end up covering a lot of color theory ground in the process! New episodes every Wednesday.
Curated by: Color Nerd (28 videos)
The Kolormondo is a 3D color globe, and it's the one color "wheel" I actually teach with. In this Color Wheel Wednesday, I look at how Nicoline Kinch's globe turns the abstract notion of a "color space" into something you can hold, take apart, and put back together! It's really brilliant and I'm kind of dumbfounded that it's not standard equipment in every art classroom. We'll also cover a brief history of the color-globe idea: Runge's 1810 model, Munsell's hand-painted Color Globes, and Itten's 1921 Farbenkugel. I'll also explain why every Kolormondo equator color sits at the same height, even though yellow is light and blue-violet is dark. (There's also a small design detail that corrects for that, for those who like their color models tilted!) Finally, I'll discuss examples of how I use it in workshops, to discuss color spacing, mixture paths, and harmonious strings of color. This is episode 28 of Color Wheel Wednesday. Missed the last two episodes on why I don't teach with traditional color wheels? This video is kind of "part three," so check them out too: #26: Why There is No Color Wheel in My Art Classroom https://youtu.be/JPNM4nYXhHQ?si=POhzbAf130R4ii14 #27: Color Theory's Dogma Problem https://youtu.be/qQHWBE4ngBA?si=YwYcyjyc7mqbV98L Learn more about Kolormondo: https://kolormondo.com/ New Color Wheel Wednesday every week. What should I cover next? Leave your suggestions in the comments. #colortheory #art