Literature explores color theory and symbolism, indicating its historical and cultural importance.
The literature on color and color theory is of huge extent and variety. Major contributors include Newton, Boyle, Descartes, Voltaire, Goethe, Gladstone, Havelock Ellis, Karl Groos, Schopenhauer, and Wilhelm Ostwald, to name just a few giants. For centuries color symbolism and color choices have fascinated philosophers, scientists, mystics, and artists. And fifty or a hundred years ago colors not only enjoyed therapeutic, religious, and cultural significance, but formed a popular subject for journalistic discussion.
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