MODULE 1

Color theory is both the study and the practice of

Under color theory, colors are arranged on a _______________ and divided into three categories: primary colors, secondary colors and tertiary colors.

____________ began a series of experiments with sunlight and prisms. He demonstrated that clear white light was composed of seven visible colors.

Aristotle developed the first known ______________ believing it was sent by God from heaven through celestial rays of light.

_____________ is one of the greatest works in the history of science, which also documents Newton’s discoveries from his experiments passing light through a prism.

The cells in our eyes called _______________ are sensitive to the wavelengths found in the visible spectrum.

Goethe argued that color was not simply a ________________.

Goethe also went into detail about the psychological aspects of colors and their relationship to _______________.

______________ recognized the usefulness of a systematic method for communicating and teaching color.

Books, paintings, grass, and cars are examples of a ______________which is based on the chemical makeup of an object and its reflection of light as a color.