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E-book The Graphic Design : Idea Book
Albers advanced the idea that colour is continually deceptive, and that the exact same colour can evoke innumerable responses depending on how it is seen against other colours. He argued against ‘mechanically applying or merely implying laws and rules of colour harmony’, because of the subjective nature of perception – it is almost impossible to see a colour by itself and not interacting with its surroundings. In his famous series Homage to the Square (1949–76), Albers explored through hundreds of paintings and prints the optical sensations created by juxtaposing harmonious and disparate colours side by side, in various arrangements and sizes. We can see in this work from the series that the colours interact in sometimes surprising ways. The inner first square is a darker orange yet appears to be less intense than the lighter second square that surrounds it, while the lighter orange of the third square dominates all the shades. Colour hue and intensity are perceptually different depending on the relationship of one square to another.
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