zaterdag 6 maart 2010

the colour circle from Johannes Itten


The colour circle is made by Johannes Itten. He was born on 11 november 1888 in Switzerland. He studied as an elementary school teacher from 1904 to 1908. But he becomes a painter. Later around 1920 he published a book named The art of colours. So he commes on the idea to made a colour circle or colour wheel. he was around 79 jears old when he died in 1967.