The colors are visual elements that give life and distinction to our environment. Without colors, life would simply be meaningless and many things that we know today would cease to exist, such as, art or design that is based on color. Color has been the object of study by science, because its way of acting is very particular and affects everyone differently.
Color it is so powerful that it is even capable of generating different emotions and it can indicate from failures in the health of the human body to some environmental change. For all this, color has not only been used and studied repeatedly by designers and artists, but by members of the scientific community.
The importance of color when designing
In fact in 1847 a civil engineer used color as a geometric principle. So is! Although it seems impossible, color was used to be applied in one of the most complex areas of mathematics, because it is one of the simplest and fastest signals to remember and identify.
For scientist Oliver Byrne, in 1810 it was easier to publish his geometric studies with color, because for people it would be much more fun and less complex and cumbersome to understand. In his book called "Euclid's elements”Used colors as his main source of argument.
To get into the historical context a bit, Euclid was a Greek mathematician, expert in geometry.
In fact, Euclid was known as "The father of geometry”And still holds the title today. His most famous book is called "Elements" and it is one of the most recognized scientific works worldwide, where he presents regular shapes as his main source, that is, circles, triangles, planes, lines, etc.
Despite the fact that Euclid's geometry is used above all to teach in primary and secondary education, the book "Elements" has been widely applied in fields such as astronomy, physics, chemistry and even engineering. To date, Euclidean geometry continues to be applied and even, despite many modifications, the original format is never changed.
This impressive geometrist was the center of attention for Oliver, a civil engineer who decided to apply the knowledge acquired from the book "Elements" in order to create his work "Elements of Euclid", which was based on argumentation with color. Basically what it did was replace all the symbols that are generally used in geometry by colors, so that learning was much easier.
One of the most beautiful books in the world
The book not only has educational purposes, but aesthetic purposes are also present. In fact, it has been described as one of the most beautiful books in the world. This is because it uses colors such as yellow, red and blue distributed throughout the page and although some pages only contain numbers and letters, these are printed in color so as not to lose the spirit of the work.
Geometric figures are also present and you can see circles, squares and triangles made in bright and striking colors. The book has become an object of interest for graphic designers, because it is an innovative and stylish way of mixing math with art and design.
You can see how graphic design has transcended to different areas, such as mathematics and literature in this case. Style has not only become a way of expression, but thanks to this book it is also a very effective new learning method and color has been the main tool in many areas of life and especially of the human spirit. , and in graphic design it is considered a pillar.