Colour sound circle

The colour sound circle shows all the possible colours of the colour swatch. Further the circle shows the notes colour. The note, played with the clarinet, will change the graphic into to the accordant colour. The colour sound circle contains over three octaves (21 notes, e, f, g, a, b, c, d.)

The colour sound circle was made for this project to show and explain notes, colours and the patch data, in one picture. The small numbers inside the circle are the number range received from the pitch, as explained in the earlier article colour swatch.

Working progress

Improved Colour Circle according to the colour frequency.

Colours are made up of different frequency and wavelengths too. Every light travels with the same speed but each colour has a different wavelength and a particular frequency, which are responsible for different colours. A high-pitched frequency contains a higher amount of energy.

High frequency colours are: blue (680 terahertz), violet (730 terahertz) and indigo (780 terahertz)
Yellow (520 terahertz), orange (480 terahertz) and red (400 terahertz) count to the low frequency colours.

Once I found out about colour frequency I recognise the interesting opportunity to combine the two frequencies: Sound waves and light waves.

Already Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1726), split the colour spectrum into a seven-colour scale according to their hertz frequency and wavelength.

Scale:

Note A 400 Hz Orange

Note b 491 Hz Yellow

Note c 527 Hz Green

Note d 588 Hz Blue

Note e 657 Hz Violet

Note f 705 Hz Pink

Note g 788 Hz Red