Itten’s seven colour contrasts – a review: Part III. The influence of Itten’s contrast theory on colour education

Abstract

In the first two parts of this article, we described the origins of Itten’s contrast theory, the road leading up to the seven contrasts as described in The Art of Color, and discussed in detail Itten’s seven contrasts, pointing out the fallacies of some of his statements. In this third part we shall present the danger for colour education (students and teachers alike) lying in blindly following his contrast theory without an introduction to the core concepts inherent in the theory.