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⇔ Polarity ⇔
(Polar Opposites)
Mother and Father of all spectrum
colors. Yellow and Blue contain the potential to
transform into the full spectrum through ‘Intensification’
Steiner attaches universal natural and spiritual significance to this pair
Boarder Spectra
The most noble Powerful - Joyous Light – Spirit – ‘Image of Life’. Dark/Cold – the Noble – Royal -
color; Red is the Luster color – light. Warm – Joyous. (Nature Plant Life). color of Soul. Severe. Violet
state all others Advancing forward The Color of ‘Perfect Retreats away and retreats away into
strive to attain. Red One step from the Yellow dissolves and Repose’. It’s effect is inwards. Associated darkness. This is
occupies it’s place zenith Red spreads into White. healing both for the with sorrow Blue is adjusted by
at the apex of an mind and body. conducive to thought controlling the ratio
upright triangle, Advances forward The color of Spirit, in mire than emotion. of Red to Blue, and
reigning supreme its deepened form it Green is the polar their relative
over the other When sullied this becomes Gold. opposites neutralized. Blue resonates with strengths in terms
colors. color represents It neither advances the human soul and pigment.
Red neither Except by adding nor retreats. In its draws the viewer in.
advances nor White, Yellow can blackened, negative Blue is a single step Sad, heavy,
retreats; instead it hardly be adjusted form Green connotes removed from the preponderating-
pulsates with life without changing into extreme lethargy - an color of darkest Violet can be serious
and energy. another color. almost pathological space, Violet, yet it to the point of
Blackened Red Blackened yellow is stasis. can also be light and severity: Hence its
represents ‘base’ grotesque. Envy – jealousy. refreshing. historical association
emotions and Greed. with monarchies.
Characteristic Combinations
Power – Preponderance, Hot and Two extremes, at first cheerful and Red surrounded by Blue gains
Positive. attractive, but the mind/soul soon intensity, forcing it to coalesce into
tires of this harmony, which has a distinguishable shapes and forms.
hollow ring and appears superficial.
Cheerful, light, airy. This harmony, Green = repose, passivity, ‘image’. Both colors are one step from the
seems to breathe. Violet = extreme darkness, zenith - Red. Hence, tension,
melancholy, retreat. The atmosphere expectancy, something impending.
is swampy, tropical, humid, and
strange.
In
harmonious Combinations
These are neighbors in the Color Circle.
True harmony is dynamic and based on opposition, difference.
A color enhances the other, i.e., accentuates the other’s inherent nature.
William Turner- Sullied color: Black + Brown El Greco – Nobility Caravaggio – warm flesh tones against Black space
And power of Red
Kandinsky – effects of Black + Gray Cover for the book - The Individuality Van Gogh - Characteristic
on warm and cool colors of Color of Color – basically harmony – Polar Opposites
Red/Yellow and Violet Yellow and Blue
Mondrian- Red = power, the Zenith William Turner – near perfect harmony - Mark Rothko - Inharmonious
almost the complete spectrum Combination – Yellow and Yellow/Red
In nature the rainbow is the expression Picasso – Inharmonious combination Raphael – Complimentary Harmony
of perfect harmony - the full Red-Green plus flesh warm tones with
spectrum Red representing splendor and spirituality
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