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So this article is very much like the term, in that its quite nebulous. Even the definition that has been in the lead is terrible. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of brief yet satisfying definitions of color theory. Namely, what is the differentiator between color theory and color science? This author offers a compelling description, but without much congruent literature:
Most definitions of color theory I see seem to be include both the decidedly "artistic" side ( color harmony, color scheme, bits of color psychology), and any "old" scientific attempts to characterize a unifying theory of color ( color mixing, Goethe, Young, etc.). What qualifies as old seems to be anything before the Schrödinger's unification of trichromatic and tetrachromatic theory in 1925 and publishing of Munsell's first Book of Color in 1929, when we really entered the modern age of color science. Curious in feelings on this, or any other proposals for how color theory can be better defined (for the purposes of guiding this article, anyway), and whether there is any such thing as modern color theory or if its all traditional color theory?? Curran919 ( talk) 14:02, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
This looks like a wide ranging collection of 100's of pieces of good information. The lead is terrible, but I wouldn't know how to fix it.....to create a summary of a wide ranging collection of 100's of pieces of good information. North8000 ( talk) 18:29, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
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So this article is very much like the term, in that its quite nebulous. Even the definition that has been in the lead is terrible. Unfortunately, there are not a lot of brief yet satisfying definitions of color theory. Namely, what is the differentiator between color theory and color science? This author offers a compelling description, but without much congruent literature:
Most definitions of color theory I see seem to be include both the decidedly "artistic" side ( color harmony, color scheme, bits of color psychology), and any "old" scientific attempts to characterize a unifying theory of color ( color mixing, Goethe, Young, etc.). What qualifies as old seems to be anything before the Schrödinger's unification of trichromatic and tetrachromatic theory in 1925 and publishing of Munsell's first Book of Color in 1929, when we really entered the modern age of color science. Curious in feelings on this, or any other proposals for how color theory can be better defined (for the purposes of guiding this article, anyway), and whether there is any such thing as modern color theory or if its all traditional color theory?? Curran919 ( talk) 14:02, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
This looks like a wide ranging collection of 100's of pieces of good information. The lead is terrible, but I wouldn't know how to fix it.....to create a summary of a wide ranging collection of 100's of pieces of good information. North8000 ( talk) 18:29, 8 February 2024 (UTC)