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Theory of Colours

AuthorJohann Wolfgang von Goethe

LanguageGerman

Year1810

CountryGermany

GenreNonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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Theory of Colours is a book by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe about the poet's views on the nature of colours and how they are perceived by humans. It was published in German in 1810 and in English in 1840. The book contains detailed descriptions of phenomena such as coloured shadows, refraction, and chromatic aberration. The book is a successor to two short essays titled "Contributions to Optics".— Wikipedia