Josef Albers- Interaction of Color

I really loved reading this book, as I found it an interesting new take on colour, and how they interact.

It's given me a lot of thoughts about how to approach colour palettes, as well as how tones and moods can be created through the select use of colour.

‘as a consequence, this proves for the reading of colour what Kandinsky often demands for the Reading art: What counts is not what but how’ P. 5

‘herewith one experiences a discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect called, in this case, a haptic illusion – haptic as related to the sense of touch– the haptic sense’ Albers p.8

‘As “gentlemen prefer blondes” so everyone has a preference for certain colours and prejudices against others. This applies to colour combinations as well.
 It seems good that we are of different tastes.
 As it is with people in our daily lives, so it is with colour.
 We change, correct, or reverse our opinions about colour, and this change of opinion makeshift forth and back’ Albers P. 17

‘therefore, we try to recognise our preferences and our aversions what colours dominate in our work; what colours, on the other hand, are rejected, disliked, or of no appeal. Usually a special effort in using disliked colours ends with our falling in love with them’ Albers P. 17