Physiological colors in the science of Goethe: education and phenomenology

Abstract

This paper presents the starting point of Goethe to formulate his Theory of Colors. The phenomenological observation of physiological colors is the fundamental basis for the hologrammatic conception of the chromatic phenomenon. With his research method, Goethe did not reduce the phenomenon in mechanical or geometric representations, but focused on its qualitative dimension. The complementarity of physiological color is inherent to both the whole and the parts of the Theory of Colours. The phenomenology of nature for Goethe is a dynamic unity between subjectivity and objectivity. To be understood, it requires the execution of an educational process using the senses and qualitative cognition.

Keywords:
Theory of colors; Goethe; Phenomenology of nature; Education