Goethe's Theory of Colors: The 1810 Treatise That Inspired Kandinsky & Early Abstract Painting
Briefly

But how I was astonished, as I looked at a white wall through the prism, that it stayed white! That only where it came upon some darkened area, it showed some color, then at last, around the window sill all the colors shone...
[Goethe] delivered in full measure what was promised by the title of his excellent work: data toward a theory of colour.
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