Josef Albers, one of the best-known painters and educators to emerge from the German Bauhaus, wrote Interaction of Color in 1963, and it’s remained an art and design bible ever since. Last week ...

The Bauhaus, which celebrated its 100-year anniversary this year, ... (No surprise, the abstractionist pioneers Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky both taught color theory there.) ...

Although colour theory was taught at the Bauhaus it was considered too feminine for architecture, says Michelle Ogundehin as part of our Bauhaus 100 series.

Bauhaus color theory centers on 12 of the purest colors that cover a range by being lightened or darkened. It’s most common to see primary color shades like red, blue, yellow.