Interaction of color

One work that influenced Peter Halley’s art more than virtually any other was written by artist, art theorist and educator Josef Albers: “Interaction of Color”. In spite of Op Art inflation, the book has lost little of its radical potential.

Lot 174: Josef Albers 1888–1976. Interaction of Color production tests with notes. 1963, printed paper, offset lithograph, screen print, graphite, ink, and colored pencil on paper. 13¾ h × 10½ w × 4¾ d in. result: $27,500. estimate: $15,000–20,000. Lot is comprised of 75 color study folios including screenprints and sketches with hand-written notes by Albers and Sillman, several original collages by Albers' students and a typed copy of Albers' text. Provenance: Estate of Sewell Sillman…

Josef Albers' Interaction of Color is a masterwork in twentieth-century art education - and now you can get it on your iPad.

There have been many different theories and answers to the question, "What is color?" in history.

Never mind the physics. Color isn't just a particular wavelength of light, it turns out. It's a fascinating mix of context and what's happening outside and inside your head.

INTERACTION OF COLOR by Josef Albers76 pages and many black and white illustrations and 8 color platesJosef Albers: INTERACTION OF COLOR. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1975. Fifth printing. A near...from

The book, Interaction of Color by Josef Albers is a book that looks at the effects of colour and how they interact with each other. Each section within the book consists of exercises which explain …

Interaction of Color. There are only 4 physical colors on this page. Color, it's all relative. I taught a course titled Color & Design for many years and basically followed Albers Interaction of Color, the 1972 Yale University paperback along with my own experience in graphic design. (I could not afford the full addition, too expensive.) I have dumped many of the course outlines I had written and taught over the years but not my Color & Design competency-based outline. That goes on my…

On the 50th anniversary of Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color, Yale University Press has released the work as an interactive teaching tool along the lines of what the Bauhaus master originally intended.

One work that influenced Peter Halley’s art more than virtually any other was written by artist, art theorist and educator Josef Albers: “Interaction of Color”. In spite of Op Art inflation, the book has lost little of its radical potential.