Volume 1 Number 2 2021

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The Teaching of the Concept of Color Harmony and Its Ambiguity

Release time:28-08-2021    Clicks:1384

To cite this article: Ng Woon Lam. (2021). The teaching of the concept of color harmony and its ambiguity, Asia-Pacific Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 01:2,020-027, DOI:10.53789/j.1653-0465.2021.0102.002

To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.53789/j.1653-0465.2021.0102.002

Abstract: This paper aims to address a long-term issue in the teaching of practical color theory knowledge-the concept of color harmony. The concept of color harmony has been used as the pedagogical framework for students’ learning of color application. On the contrary, multiple quantitative studies, which are cited in the paper, have shown evidence that the ambiguity of this concept could not be addressed. The research process started by looking into how the concept of color harmony was derived. It was then compared with the practical method, the Munsell Color System, which was developed to fulfil industrial needs. Multiple quantitative research studies have shown the ambiguity of the concept of color harmony. Therefore, this paper suggests that for the development of a pedagogical framework of color theory, the concept of color harmony should not be included. Instead, the Munsell Color System, which is a closer practical model, should be adopted so that the learning connects to a true and practical difference between colors instead of an ambiguous philosophical concept of harmony.

Keywords: Munsell; color; harmony

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