First he explained to me the way the iris transorms light into the three primary colors (...) then he proved to me why yellow is the most warm, noble and closest to (white) light; why blue is that mix of excitement and serenity, a distance that evokes shadows; and why red is the exaltation of yellow and blue, the synthesis, the vanishing of light into shadow.
Francisco de Miranda on Goethe's theory of primary colors
which inspired the flags of Venezuela, Columbia, Eecuador
Francisco de Miranda on Goethe's theory of primary colors
which inspired the flags of Venezuela, Columbia, Eecuador
"Your destiny is to create in your land a place where the primary colors are not distorted"
-Goethe
L : 7 star VE flag until outlawed by Hugo Chavez in 2006
R : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Color Wheel
