ABSTRACT
First published in German in 1810, this detailed volume was translated from the German by Charles Lock Eastlake and, in six parts, examines every aspect of Goethe’s theory of colours, including psychological colours, chemical colours, the moral effect of colour, minerals, plants, insects, mammals and a multitude of further subjects.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|55 pages
Physiological Colours
part II|145 pages
Physical Colours
part III|72 pages
Chemical Colours
part IV|10 pages
General Characteristics
part V|22 pages
Relation to Other Pursuits—Relation to Philosophy
part VI|74 pages
Effect of Colour with Reference to Moral Associations