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On Purple Parrots, Fibonacci Numbers, and Color Theory

In: Applications of Fibonacci Numbers

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  • Marjorie Bicknell-Johnson

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Imitating colors from nature, with many different greens and earth-tones, makes pleasing color combinations, or at least gives us what we are used to seeing. But what colors will we choose for dyes for yarns to weave a plaid, or which tubes of paint do we want to open to plan an abstract painting? What ink proportions do we want to print computer graphics? Suprisingly, the Fibonacci numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, form proportional progressions of pleasing colors, something like choosing chord progressions in music. But, first, a little color history.

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  • Marjorie Bicknell-Johnson, 2004. "On Purple Parrots, Fibonacci Numbers, and Color Theory," Springer Books, in: Frederic T. Howard (ed.), Applications of Fibonacci Numbers, pages 39-42, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-0-306-48517-6_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-306-48517-6_6
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