Hi all, hope you had lovely weekends. While I was at the Bauhaus exhibition I remembered something we had learnt at college - Kandinsky's colour theory test. He wanted there to be some kind of universal aesthetic for colour and shape so he asked all the Bauhaus students -
Take a triangle, circle and a square, and apply one of the primary colours to each of them.
Which shape is blue? Which is red? And which is yellow?
Most people come up with the same answer. What's your answer, and why? I realised my reason for the square as based on something funny from childhood. I'll tell you in the comments!
Kandinsky taught what was basically the art foundation course at the Bauhaus. Can you imagine Kandinsky being your first art teacher? Bonkers!
I went for Red Square, Yellow Circle, Blue Triangle, but I kept wanting to swap the red/blue shape choice!
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Blue square, red circle, yellow triangle .... blue & square = solidness, red & circle = polka dots!, yellow & triangle ... i think a traffic sign reference (in aus) ... come to think maybe that's why the circle is red...or maybe i just drive tooo much!! interesting tho. I love this stuff! Hx
ReplyDeleteblue square, yellow circle, red triangle but my girl says red square, blue circle and yellow triangle so no agreement here!
ReplyDeleteoh, meant to say because yellow is more relaxed, round blue is formal, square and red is spiky contrasting! Perfectly logical. I'm feeling like I'm in the minority though...
ReplyDeleteBlue square, red triangle and yellow circle and I have no idea why!
ReplyDeletei chose yellow triangle, coz it's pointy, and yellow's pointy (slight synesthesia moment!)
ReplyDeletered square coz of mr strong http://www.themistermen.co.uk/mr_men/mr_strong.html
blue just seemed right for the circle. natural, a drop of water.
that's what most people say apparently. apart from the bit about mr strong ;-)
Yellow square, blue circle and red triangle.
ReplyDeleteNo idea why, just feels right! Do I win... !? ;)
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Ha ha, exactly why I chose red square! Blue circle because, um, don't know - just felt right. Yellow triangle, again just because it looks nice.
ReplyDeleteI chose red sq, blue circle, yellow triangle... is that really boring? Great idea :)
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I went with blue circle, red square (subconciously going with Mr Strong I'm sure), yellow triangles cos they look like road signs
ReplyDeleteI've always wished I was a synaesthete
I chose yellow triangle, blue square and red circle. Not sure why! Is that the colours from 'I am a shape' - mr maker? ... or maybe the square is red on there too!
ReplyDeleteso interesting that no-one apart from from me and xanthe came up with the most common answer!
ReplyDeleteally - me too, but i def have a little synesthesia in me. ben looked at me like i was bonkers when i said something about thursday being brown!
I love your Mr Strong reference! I would have gone for red circle, yellow triangle (I think traffic sign related reference there), and blue square...
ReplyDeleteha! yes caroline, just googled mr maker, those are the colours. v funny!
ReplyDeleteDo you think the order in which the question is posed affects the outcome? It seems to me you'd be more likely to line up the first colour with the first shape, and so on. I was in such a rush to find out what the answers were that I can't remember what my initial thoughts were. Kellie xx
ReplyDeleteI've just gone: red - square, yellow circle, blue triangle... and yes Mr Strong, The Sun ... dunno! x
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