Color Theory is a Paste column that examines and critiques the literal and symbolic use of every hue under the sun, within the works of some of cinema’s greatest auteur filmmakers. You can see every ...

The science and art of color theory is divided by a wheel or chart into three main categories: primary, secondary and tertiary. Color is something we perceive through a combination of wavelengths ...

Color Theory is a fundamental area of study that explores how colors interact with each other and the effects they have on the viewer. It is essential for artists, designers, and anyone involved in ...

Artist unknown, “Emily Noyes Vanderpoel in her home” (ca. 1920), (photograph courtesy Litchfield Historical Society) Though her name is virtually unknown today, Emily Noyes Vanderpoel enjoyed a modest ...

The color wheel was first developed by English mathematician and physicist Sir Isaac Newton, who discovered that white light (what we perceive as colorless daylight) is composed of a spectrum of ...