Color Wheel Wednesday

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 (24 videos)

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Currently Playing: The Cheskin Color Wheel (1953)

This Wednesday, we've got a rare 1953 color wheel by Louis Cheskin! It idiosyncratic color terminology and transparent overlay of black screentones are interesting innovations. What color wheels would you like to see discussed in this series? #colortheory #colorwheel #artteacher

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Tracks in this Playlist

• The Ostwald Color Wheel (1916)
• A Web-Safe Color Wheel (ca. 2000)
• The Cheskin Color Wheel (1953)
• Miskella's Color Wheels (1928)
• This 1931 Color Wheel Never Had a Chance
• How Advanced Was This 1940s Color Wheel?
• The Color Wheel That Couldn't Wait
• This Guy Rebuilt the RGB Color Wheel From Scratch
• The Only Color Wheel I Use
• Why this Color Wheel has Five Primary Colors
• The Fascinating Color Wheel of Christine Holbrook
• Johannes Itten ripped off this color wheel
• Color Wheel? Nah. Color Pentagon!
• Which Color Wheel is Right for Quilters?
• It Took 48 Printing Passes to Make This Color Wheel. Was It Worth It?
• Where "Analogous Colors" Actually Came From (1926 French Color Wheel)
• What Japan Did With Munsell That the West Didn't
• All the Cool Kids 𝘚𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘛 Their Color Wheels
• Why I love Frans Gerritsen's interactive color wheel
• The Real Reason Your Palette Has Two of Every Color
• The Case Against Color Bias
• A Pop-Up Color Model from Japan: PCCS Handy Color 3D Live!
• Rudolph Schaeffer's Color Wheel Explained
• LEGO Color Wheels (And Why I Built a Grid Instead)