Indice: Introduction: Colour controlled and set free / by Alexandra Loske. 1. Early charts and tables 2. Circles, wheels and globes 3. The rise of colour theory 4. Nomenclatures and standards 5. The teaching of colour 6. The early 20th century 7. Spiritualism, occultism and music 8. Eastern colour concepts 9. Bauhaus and beyond. Appendix