Title: 5.3. Colour Theory according to Itten
Course: EN_Colour theory > Section: 5. Colour systems

Johannes Itten, (1888-1967) was a Swiss expressionist painter, designer, teacher, writer and theorist associated with the Bauhaus.

During his time as a Bauhaus teacher, he developed his colour theory and the corresponding colour wheel. A further focus of Itten's work is his investigations into colour contrasts.

He defined colour harmonies:

- Monochromatic color harmony
- Complementary color harmony
- Partial complement color harmony
- Analoguos color harmoy
- Triadic color scheme
- Tetrahedral color scheme
- Square color scheme

His theory later way critized by Harald Küpper, German printer and teacher.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_K%C3%BCppers