Goethe’s Colors
A visual catalogue of the colours mentioned in Goethe’s Theory of Colours from 1810

In a book about the psychology of colors, which colors are mentioned and when? This simple question was directed toward Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s 1810 book, Theory of Colours. Using the publicly available online version of the 1840 English translation from Project Gutenberg, every mention of color was highlighted and catalogued resulting in a list of 1,851 mentions of color using 191 unique names for colors used throughout the book.
Goethe's Colours
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Goethe's Colours

A visual catalogue of the colours mentioned in Goethe’s Theory of Colours from 1810

Published: