7 . COLOR HARMONY

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“The word ‘art’ means harmony for me. I never speak of mathematics and never bother with the Spirit. My only science is the choice of impressions that the light in the universe furnishes to my consciousness as an artisan, which I try, by imposing an Order, and Art, an appropriate representative life, to organize”.

Robert Delaunay

 

COLOR HARMONY

The term “harmony” comes from music and refers to the relationship between musical tones that are heard simultaneously. In common parlance, the word means only concordance, or when things are in sympathy with each other. But, in music, harmony can be concordant or discordant, i.e. pitches ...

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