Itten is best known for his highly influential book on color theory, and for his role as a principal character in the Bauhaus, the German school of design, arts, and crafts established by Walter ...

Johannes Itten developed what he called the seven color contrasts. They are contrast of hue, light and dark, cool and warm, complementary, saturation, simultaneous contrast, and proportion.

Itten bases his concept of scale on Goethe’s color theory. In line with Itten, Russian painter and art theorist Wassily Kandinsky has discussed colors and their physical effect on the human ...

The ability to professionally communicate does require learning the language of color. In her blog post, Maria reviews the ideas, exercises, and materials of the Color Workshop, bringing together ...

In 1919, Johannes Itten joined the Bauhaus faculty, where he developed his pioneering ‘colour sphere’ – now the basis for many other schematics. The Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts' ...

Although colour theory was taught at the Bauhaus it was considered too feminine for architecture, says Michelle Ogundehin as part of our Bauhaus 100 series.