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These things are the subject of a “sphere” used in modified form for Johannes Itten’s Preliminary Course at the Bauhaus and designed by Philipp Otto Runge (“ROON-guh”). J. M. W. Turner referenced an iconoclastic book about these things in the title of a painting that depicts the morning after the biblical flood. A triangle with nine segments that demonstrate these things is often named for Goethe (“GUR-tuh”), who used symbolic (10[1])labels like “unnecessary” in his Theory of them. Charles Blanc’s theories about these things “mixing” in the eye inspired Paul Signac (“seen-YAHK”) and Georges Seurat to develop Pointillism. (10[3])Harlequins (-5[1])and sad, lonely subjects respectively characterize two (-5[1])Picasso periods named for these things. For 10 points, name this painting element described by value, saturation, (10[1])and hue. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: colors [accept shades of color, pigments, color mixing, or color theory; accept Theory of Colors or Zur Farbenlehre; accept color sphere or Farbenkreis; accept blue and rose; prompt on light or optics] (The Turner painting is Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) – The Morning after the Deluge – Moses Writing the Book of Genesis.)
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