Johannes Itten was born on the 11th of november, in 1888 in Südern-Lindern in Switserland. He was a painter, and he wanted to be teacher at the primary school. So he began to work on the Teacher Trainings Insitute in Bern. After that, he could be a teacher on secondary school, but he didn't want to teach there and became a painter. In 1913, he got Adolf Hölzel as his teacher.6 years later, in 1918, he began to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar, and he teached there till 1922. A few years later, he became very succesful, and in 1926, he even had it'sa own art school. there also came a museum of him. He won prizes and wrote books about his colour theory. He eventually died on the 27th of May, November 1967.
The colour theory of Itten: in the picture you can see the colour wheel of Itten. There are different types of colours :
Primary colours: are in the centre of the colour wheel: red, yellow and blue.
Secondary colours: are produced from the mixing of one primary colour with another. These colours are orange, green and violet.
Tertiary colours: are created when mixing one secondary and one primary colour. i.e. blue + violet =blue-violet. The tertiary colours are: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green and yellow-green.
Complementary colours: are opposite on the colour wheel. Red and green, yellow and violet, and blue and orange, are the three simple pairs of complementary colours. These colours always go well with each other.
Warm colours: are colours we associate with the sun and fire. These are red, yellow and orange.
Cool colours: are colours we associate with the sea and cold, chilly weather. They are blue, green and some kinds of purple (blueish purple).
Adding white to a colour is known as a tint and adding black to a colour is referred to as a shade.
Primary colours: are in the centre of the colour wheel: red, yellow and blue.
Secondary colours: are produced from the mixing of one primary colour with another. These colours are orange, green and violet.
Tertiary colours: are created when mixing one secondary and one primary colour. i.e. blue + violet =blue-violet. The tertiary colours are: yellow-orange, red-orange, red-violet, blue-violet, blue-green and yellow-green.
Complementary colours: are opposite on the colour wheel. Red and green, yellow and violet, and blue and orange, are the three simple pairs of complementary colours. These colours always go well with each other.
Warm colours: are colours we associate with the sun and fire. These are red, yellow and orange.
Cool colours: are colours we associate with the sea and cold, chilly weather. They are blue, green and some kinds of purple (blueish purple).
Adding white to a colour is known as a tint and adding black to a colour is referred to as a shade.
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