Goethe's Theory of Colour and the Aurora Borealis
Just a quick post. I want to make an observation in regard Goethe's Theory of Colour. (If you want an outline of Goethe's views on colour there are plenty of good YouTube videos and whatnot that'll give a much better overview than I can, but basically his view was that colours are a product of the interplay between light and dark.) Anyway, as I was introduced to his ideas myself I couldn't help but notice how uncannily his colour spectrums mirror what we see in the night sky. The light and dark blues at the border between shade and light give us the colours we see at twilight. The red/yellows the horizon colours we see at sunset and sunrise. (click to enlarge) Perhaps even more interestingly, the colours created where these spectrums meet give us the unusual colours we see in the aurora borealis (pink/purple and green). According to official theory, the colours of the aurora borealis are a consequence of the oxygen and nitrogen in the atmosphere. No doubt this is somewh...
