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 ...

Using color in interiors successfully is not just about choosing those you feel most drawn to. While this is, of course, important, the more scientific rules of color harmony teach us which pairings ...

Kimberly Dawn Neumann is a multi-published NYC-based writer whose work has appeared in myriad publications ranging from Forbes to Real Simple to Cosmopolitan. She’s written hundreds of articles as ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To create "Pat Steir: Color Wheel," Pat Steir drew inspiration from our round architecture, which for her conjured one of the painter’s most ...

Chromatics are compelling and psychological—and their impact is perhaps that much more poignant when using analogous colors. The color scheme is derived from color theory—the study of how hues connect ...

Even though Isaac Newton’s experiments and observations led to the development of the color wheel during the 17th century, his revolution in the understanding and application of colors continues to ...

In the installation Color Wheel, the color of the gestures on each canvas are complementary to the background color. Alex Munro, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Pat Steir’s color wheel is not ...