Twelve lectures by Rudolf Steiner given in Dornach 1921-1924. Library has an earlier version of this work. There are 3 copies of this title in the collection.

Three lectures given in Dornach, 6th to 8th May, 1921 with extracts from his note-books.

Contents

From the Preface to the 1973 Edition off Das Wesen der Frben
Translator's foreword
1 Colour experience: Image colours 6 May 1921
The concept of colour today
The living experience of colour
True character of colour experience
Green, peach blossom, white (or light), black: image colours
Summary
2 Lustre and image 7 May 1921
A new colour circle
The nature of green and peach blossom
Yellow, blue and red: The three lustre colours
the relatinship between lustre and image colours
their relationship to teh colokur spectrum in physics
What is lustre?
Lustre of the spirit, the soul and the living
Significance for the art of painting
3 Colour in matter: Painting out of colour 8 May 1921
What makes matter appear coloured?
Reference to Occult science
The relationship of the sun to lustre colours
Painting minerals, plants, animals and man
Lustre, lustre-image, image-lustre, image
Art, artist and threory
Colookur, ego, astral body
Extracts from Rudolf Steiner's notebooks
Notes
Bibliography

Lecture 1--Colour Experience: Image Colours; Lecture 2--Lustre and Image; Lecture 3--Colour in Matter; Painting out of Colour. Includes extracts from his notebooks.