Goethe's Theory of Colours

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Contents

1. Charles Lock Eastlake, R.A., F.R.S.
2. Jeremiah Harman, Esq
3. The Translator's Preface
4. Preface to the First Edition of 1810
5. Introduction
6. Physiological Colours
7. Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye
8. Effects of Black and White Objects on the Eye
9. Grey Surfaces and Objects
10. Dazzling Colourless Objects
11. Coloured Objects
12. Coloured Shadows
13. Faint Lights
14. Subjective Halos
15. Appendix
16. Physical Colours
17. Dioptrical Colours
18. Dioptrical Colours of the First Class
19. Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class.—Refraction
20. Refraction Without the Appearance of Colour
21. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
22. Conditions Under Which the Appearance of Colour Increases
23. Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena
24. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
25. Grey Objects Displaced by Refraction
26. Coloured Objects Displaced by Refraction
27. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
28. Advantages of Subjective Experiments.—Transition to the Objective
29. Objective Experiments
30. Refraction Without the Appearance of Colour
31. Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
32. Conditions of the Increase of Colour
33. Explanation of the Foregoing Phenomena
34. Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
35. Grey Objects
36. Coloured Objects
37. Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
38. Combination of Subjective and Objective Experiments
39. Transition
40. Catoptrical Colours
41. Paroptical Colours
42. Epoptical Colours
43. Chemical Colours
44. Chemical Contrast
45. White
46. Black
47. First Excitation of Colour
48. Augmentation of Colour
49. Culmination
50. Fluctuation
51. Passage Through the Whole Scale
52. Inversion
53. Fixation
54. Intermixture, Real
55. Intermixture, Apparent
56. Communication, Actual
57. Communication, Apparent
58. Extraction
59. Nomenclature
60. Minerals
61. Plants
62. Worms, Insects, Fishes
63. Birds
64. Mammalia and Human Beings
65. Physical and Chemical Effects of the Transmission of Light Through Coloured Mediums
66. Chemical Effect in Dioptrical Achromatism
67. General Characteristics
68. The Facility with Which Colour Appears
69. The Force of Colour
70. The Definite Nature of Colour
71. Combination of the Two Principles
72. Augmentation to Red
73. Junction of the Two Augmented Extremes
74. Completeness the Result of Variety
75. Completeness the Result of Variety in Colour
76. Harmony of the Complete State
77. Facility with Which Colour May Be Made to Tend Either to the Plus or Minus Side
78. Evanescence of Colour
79. Permanence of Colour
80. Relation to Other Pursuits—Relation to Philosophy
81. Relation to Mathematics
82. Relation to the Technical Operations of the Dyer
83. Relation to Physiology and Pathology
84. Relation to Natural History
85. Relation to General Physics
86. Relation to the Theory of Music
87. Concluding Observations on Terminology
88. Effect of Colour with Reference to Moral Associations
89. Yellow
90. Red-Yellow
91. Yellow-Red
92. Blue
93. Red-Blue
94. Red
95. Green
96. Completeness and Harmony
97. Yellow and Blue
98. Yellow and Red
99. Yellow-Red and Blue-Red
100. Combinations Non-Characteristic
101. Relation of the Combinations to Light and Dark
102. Considerations Derived from the Evidence of Experience and History
103. Æsthetic Influence
104. Chiaro-Scuro
105. Tendency to Colour
106. Keeping
107. Colour in General Nature
108. Characteristic Colouring
109. Harmonious Colouring
110. Genuine Tone
111. False Tone
112. Weak Colouring
113. The Motley
114. Dread of Theory
115. Ultimate Aim
116. Grounds
117. Pigments
118. Allegorical, Symbolical, Mystical Application of Colour
119. Concluding Observations
120. Notes

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