Gallery: A Masterpiece Book on Color Theory Is Now on the iPad

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    The *Interaction of Color* iPad app adapts Josef Albers famous 1963 book. *Image: Potion Design*
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    The 1963 edition was a hands-on kit, with its collection of more than 150 printed silkscreen color studies, a corresponding book of commentary and second book delving into Albers’ famous color philosophy. *Image: Potion Design*
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    Phillip Tiongson, founder of Potion, taking inspiration from the original *Interaction of Color*. *Image: Potion Design*
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    The iPad version aimed to take the innate interactivity of the original version and apply it to 21st century technology. *Image: Potion Design*
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    The app features more than 125 color plates and 63 interactive color studies. *Image: Potion Design*
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    Albers' commentary accompanies each of the studies and plates, giving the effect that the famed teacher is looking over your shoulder explaining the theories. *Image: Potion Design*
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    The iPad color studies are meant to feel like working with the physical cut paper Albers' students used in class. *Image: Potion Design*
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    A list of color plates and studies. *Image: Potion Design*
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    A color study showing that two colors are actually one. *Image: Potion Design*
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    The app comes with more than 250 color swatches. *Image: Potion Design*
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