Physics of Color @Hampshire, Day 1:

Topic: Subjective experience of color, interaction of color, and afterimages.

Students experimenting with sheets of paper of various colors. — Experimenting with interaction of color.

Today we looked at Josef Alber’s color plates, experimented with afterimages, talked about the dress, and created our own interaction of color compositions.

PDF’s of select slides are available here.

Other Resources:

Josef Albers, Interaction of Color. Yale University Press; 50th Anniversary ed. edition (June 28, 2013)
Joseph Albers Illustrated Lecture
Josef Albers, Interaction of Color iPad App
Bevil Conway, “Why do we care about the dress?”. The Guardian.