1924–1975

Color Research

The Color Research series is comprised of materials collected or created by Josef Albers over the span of his career. It includes commercially produced materials on color, including Color-Aid Paper; correspondence, sketches and notes regarding color; and various printed materials on color.

Description

Folder

- ABC von K&E (Kast and Ehringer)
  Dates
  1955
  Box
  76
  Folder
  1
- Kolor Pakette (screen printed colored paper)
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  76
  Folder
  2
- Color Helm and other printed materials on color
  Dates
  1940
  Box
  76
  Folder
  no folder
- Pratt and Lambers Color Calibrator
  Dates
  1949
  Box
  76
  Folder
  no folder
- Various printed materials (includes newspaper articles, essays,
  photocopy from typescript of “Emblematische Maler – ein neuer
  stil?” printed in Düsseldorfer Nachrichten, Color Controller
  color harmony guide by Howard Ketcham, and guide to color
  mixing printed by Berger & Wirth Farbenfabriken, Leipzig)
  Dates
  1930s–1965, undated
  Box
  77
  Folder
  1
- Various printed materials (includes brochure for the Color Helm
  (see box 76), An Explanation and Use of Allcolor Papers,
  The Teaching of Colour in Schools by Arthur B. Allen (printed by
  Winsor & Newton), A Catalogue of Books on Color by Faber
  Birren, announcement of publication of Historical Color Guide
  by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer, The Birren Color Equation color
  harmony tool, printed materials and harmony guides produced
  by house and commercial paint manufacturers)
  Dates
  1937–1975, undated
  Box
  77
  Folder
  2
- Various printed materials (includes origami papers, four examples
  of Der Farbenharmonie-Sucher a color harmony tool by
  Franz Illgner of Dresden, Die Farbe als Gleichnis der Welt by
  Siegfried Bröse, various printed and painted color samples
  including examples from Schmincke Tempera (H. Schmincke
  Kunstlerfarbenfabrik) and Wilhelm Ostwald)
  Dates
  1924, undated
  Box
  77
  Folder
  3
- Various printed materials (includes announcement of publication
  of Das Grosse Drei-Farben Mischbuch by Hans Gaensslen,
  The New Color Dictionary color harmony tool, publicity about
  Selling Color to People by Faber Birren)
  Dates
  1957, undated
  Box
  77
  Folder
  4
- Inter-Society Color Council, newsletter and meeting programs
  Dates
  1942, 1947, 1964
  Box
  77
  Folder
  5
- Color-Aid Paper and color stamps
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  77
  Folder
  6–7
- Glanzfarben RAL-F3
  Dates
  undated
  Box
  77
  Folder
  8
- Materials regarding color psychology and Frank Duveneck
  (includes letters from JA to John Weis, Philip Adams, and
  National Building Research Institute; letters from Friedrich
  Wolff, Eric Lenneberg, Edward Dwight and H.H. Wessel
  to JA; notes on color; Massachussetts Institute of Technology
  Special Summer Program 1958 "Color in Art and Science"
  program; printed materials)
  Dates
  1955–1968
  Box
  77
  Folder
  9
- Color Harmony Manual, Container Corporation of America.
  Dates
  1948
  Box
  OS32
  Folder