Color Wheel

Johannes Itten and Josef Alber were two artists that understood the theory of color. They knew how the differences in colors changed the perspective of the image. Josef Alberg used squares with different shades and tones of colors to show how the perspective changed; some combinations made the square look small and far away, while others made the square look front and center. Johannes Itten taught how different colors make unique contrasts. Primary colors show bright contrast as well as the different between a warm and cool color. These two artists are the reason why we able to use color to direct the human eye, while also challenging it.

I designed the color wheel below which goes along with the color theories of Johannes Itten and Josef Alber. Depending on location and the contrast of color, some parts of the image look further or closer with the human eye.