Farblehre

colour theory

noun FARB-lay-re Rare

Usage Note

Farblehre is the systematic study of colour relationships, perception, and mixing — Goethe's Farbenlehre being the most famous German text on the subject. It underpins both fine art teaching and graphic design education.

Examples

"Im Grundkurs lernte sie die wichtigsten Grundsätze der Farblehre kennen."

Natural Translation

In the introductory course she learned the most important principles of colour theory.

Literal Translation

In-the basic-course learnt she the most-important principles of-the colour-theory.

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