Archive - The Alchemy of Color

Turner’s elemental transmutation of paint into light and space

Sep 24 • David Witt

Closing the color circle

The 'magic color' where Goethe and Newton converged

Sep 10 • David Witt

The secret of ancient color names

From the Greeks to Goethe to Newton — and to us

Sep 3 • David Witt

August 2026

Purpur — the apex color

Goethe’s mysterious union of opposites

Aug 27 • David Witt

The ascension of opposites

The hidden meaning underlying Goethe’s theory of colors

Aug 20 • David Witt

Goethe's Faustian bargain with color

The cost of desire and the weight of fame

Aug 12 • David Witt

In search of the prima materia of color

Goethe and the boundaries of science and philosophy

Aug 5 • David Witt

July 2026

What is the alchemy of color?

Going beyond the rational and the scientific perspective

Jul 22 • David Witt

The invention of the color wheel

How Newton bent color to match music

Jul 14 • David Witt

The search for universal harmony

From Pythagoras to Newton and beyond

Jul 7 • David Witt

June 2026

The Last Alchemist

How one man's genius changed color perception forever

Jun 30 • David Witt

The Prima Materia of my endeavors in color

Jun 26 • David Witt

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