Rudolph Schaeffer's Color Wheel Explained

Rudolph Schaeffer (1886–1988) founded the School of Rhythmo-Chromatic Design in San Francisco, and taught color theory for over seven decades. His tempera color wheel design shows up online as public domain wall art. People like it as decor, but what, if anything, is it trying to illustrate? In this video, I look at what the wheel actually shows, where Schaeffer's color theory ideas came from (Ralph Johonnot, Arthur Wesley Dow, and J.A.H. Hatt), and finally, why a teacher this influential vanished from the color theory canon. This is episode 23 of Color Wheel Wednesday. keep sending in your comments and suggestions for color wheels you'd like to see featured! #colortheory #colorwheel #arthistory