| Title |
Maxwell's Discs |
| Creator |
James Clerk Maxwell |
| Creator Nationality |
Scottish |
| Description |
Optical color mixing on a spinning disc; Maxwell used red, green, and blue primaries to match the light gray in the center of his disc. All the proportions could be altered to obtain exact matches. |
| Subject |
Color Theory |
| Creation Date |
ca. 1855 CE |
| Form |
object |
| Repository |
Clavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (England) |
| Classes |
ART 3010: The Language of Color |
| Source |
Colour in Art. Thames and Hudson, London, 2006. |
| Work ID |
11552 |
| Rights |
Digital Image Copyright University of Utah |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6h73ssj |
| Setname |
uu_aah_art |
| ID |
37147 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h73ssj |
