"Psycho-Swirl" [Reflections On Book - 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design Stephen Heller and Veronique Vienne - # 56]
“When is a color not a color?” One guy asked;
It’s all the time, indeed our palette-scale is vast;
The gentle shifts in tone from center to the rim
Of circled colors in our day does not begin –To depict fact that colors in the light,
And context of the other colors dark and bright
Quite different are – as well the viewer’s state of mind –
So “Psychedelic’s” clashing colors now we find.It came from Yale, then San Francisco at the time;
The fifties saw effects of context quite sublime;
But then the vibrancy of clashing values wrought
Distinctive graphics, twisting lessons from the taught.Lord, I’d not seen all this as from a teacher of design;
Thought it was kids whose scribbles turned with colored lines;
But now I see it – Higher-ed did lead the way,
It jars me still – I’m glad it had its little day.Thanks Lord for this.
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