Colour: Seeing, Experiencing, Understanding

by Ueli Seiler-Hugova

Overview

- Experiment with the refraction of light through a prism
- Set up a color circle with flowers
- Build a rainbow instrument
- Experience darkness with the senses

Beginning with simple sensory experiences and experiments, the author leads readers to an understanding of colors, rainbows, and color circles (as created by Goethe, Rudolf Steiner, and Harald Küppers). He provides simple but vivid explanations of the basic colors, the complementary colors, and the mystery of colored shadows. He also offers commentary on the psychology and mythology of colors and demonstrates connections between them, the planets and the signs of the zodiac.

The book gives readers a delightfully illustrated introduction to the world of colors. Packed with full-color images, it leads from perception to understanding and from experience to practice. This book is ideal for parents, teachers and anyone who wishes to develop a deeper knowledge and appreciation of the phenomenon of color.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781906999230
Publisher:	Temple Lodge Publishing
Publication date:	06/28/2011
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.86(w) x 9.63(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Ueli Seiler-Hugova (b.1942) attended a Waldorf school, trained as a primary school teacher, and studied at Berne University and the Zurich Institute for Applied Psychology. He was head teacher of a state school from 1972 to 2006 and is currently director of the Independent Seminar for Institutional Education at Schloessli Ins, Switzerland. He is also a guest professor for education at the University of Latvia, Riga, teaches at the Technical University for Artistic Social Therapy in Prague, and collaborates with the Research Project on Integral Education at Regensburg University. Seiler-Hugova lectures and offers courses on Goethe's theory of color, on sensory theory according to Rudolf Steiner and Hugo Kuekelhaus, and on integral star studies (astronomy, astrology and astrosophy).