COLOUR
It is difficult to describe the nature of colour with the means of numbers and words, because it just won’t be complete. Nonetheless, enlarging the current concepts, we may accept the existence of three different levels of colour properties. None of these levels exists alone.
1st level:
The optical, Newton, rainbow, prismatic level that is the base also for the screen that shows you these words. There are many publications on this aspect, from Newton to Itten. They just fail, when you start to mixing paint by yourself.
2nd level:
The physical, molecular, three-dimensional aspect holds the possibility to explain gold (or any other metallic colour) and black, which, of course, you wouldn’t find in a rainbow. Goethe, unlike Newton, already knew that black is somehow important. And shouldn’t the largest amount of colour in this universe count for something?
3rd level:
The metaphysical aspect of colour is able to express every thought or emotion of your mind and soul. Whereas the fact is objective, the effect on you is relative to your personal position of your mind and soul.
These positions or levels can be named, but in order to verify or falsify the truth of these statements, one would have to experience it. Anyhow, on future posts, on this site I will tell you more about my decades long studies on colour and paint(ing). So, stay tuned!