The "learning" Of Color

Chromatology is defined as a study of colour production,acceptance and application of the science of law.It is not only the basic knowledge of painting techniques,but also the way of looking and using colour by people.Chromatology is very common in modern society today.But it is so universal that the communication and the construction of Chromatology in late Qing Dynasty and People's Republic Period were largely ignored.In this thesis,based on the propagation characteristics of publications,the author mainly adopts literature research,qualitative research and the text analysis as research methods.To solve the problem,I collect books,newspapers and magazines about colour theory of late Qing and the Republican period,and describe the process of the communication and the construction of the subject Chromatology with the history of art and art education.First of all,it took a long time that Chromatology in the west becomes what it is today.This subject has close relations with philosophy,art,physical optics,physiology and psychology.In the late Qing Dynasty,Chromatology came to China with the eastward transmission of western sciences,and Chinese people gradually known it through the publications written by the western missionaries,however,knowledge hierarchy was never founded at that time.When 20 th century come,with the development of modern education and mass media,Chromatology got a wider space to spread.The authors of the books,newspapers and magazines about Chromatology were mainly students who have oversea experience.Around the 20 th century 20 s,Chromatology was applied to art most because of the development of art and art education.Due to the scientism was the mainstream ideology of this period,the Chromatology known as “scientific” was defined as a progressive idea.It influenced the traditional Chinese concept of colour,and made people look at colour as well as art in a different way,which affect the modern transition of Chinese art invisibly but profoundly.In the 30 s,when Chromatology connect with society more and more,proportion of scientific factor of Chromatology slightly dropped;colour was no longer limited to realistic,but more for expressing personal feelings,and reflecting the demands of society and era.When national conflict and class struggle were getting serious in the 40 s,colour was used as a weapon of visual mobilization and exhibited a political characteristic.