Phi Relationships in Color

Phi relationships in a color spectrum produce rich, appealing color combinations

Michael Semprevivo has introduced a concept called the PhiBar, which applies phi relationships to frequencies, or wavelengths, in the spectrum of visible colors in light.  Colors in the spectrum that are related by distances based on phi or the golden section produce very rich and visually appealing combinations.

This is illustrated below on the screen shot of his PhiBar program.  You can experiment with the PhiBar program, written in Visual Basic, by clicking HERE or on the PhiBar image below.

Note:  The PhiBar.exe program was scanned with Norton's Antivirus program on 03/01/2003 using current virus definitions and found to be virus free but no express or implied warranties are given with respect to its use.

The PhiBar produces color combinations of the Tabernacle as described in the Bible

Using the PhiBar program above, J.D. Ahmanson discovered that it produces the colors that the Bible says God gave to Moses for the construction of the Tabernacle.  As it says in Exodus 26:1, "Make the tabernacle with ten curtains of finely twisted linen and blue, purple and scarlet yarn, with cherubim worked into them by a skilled craftsman."  This reference to the combination blue, purple and scarlet in the construction of the tabernacle appears 26 times in Exodus 25 through 39, describing the colors to be used in the curtains, waistbands, breastpieces, sashes and garments.

Set the primary color of the PhiBar to blue, the secondary color of the PhiBar to purple and the Phi color is scarlet, as illustrated below: