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Attempt to represent the Octahedron in 2 dimensions, a little imagination is required as sketch doesnt show colour mixing or different view points etc..
UCT's Octahedron
6 Colours
at the 6 vertices
3 Vivid colours
Top (Right)
C - Cyan
(Vivid Blue)
G - Green
(Vivid Yellow)
M - Magenta
(Vivid Red)
3 Rich colours
Bottom (Left)
B - Blue
(Rich Blue)
Y - Yellow
(Rich Yellow)
R - Red
(Rich Red)
Notes:Directions are relative to the diagram as the model in reality could be rotated any direction
3 Generations
of Mirrored colour Pairs
CB - Cool pair
(Vivid & Rich Blue)
YG - Bright pair
(Rich & Vivid Yellow)
MR - Warm pair
(Vivid & Rich Red)
Notes:Another way to think of the colour pairs is as positive & negative versions of the same colour eg. Yellow & Green in the Octahedron can be more easily visualised if you think of the G not as green but as a vivid (Neon) or cool yellow as other colour pairs BC & RM are easier to visualise as matching pairs
2 Pyramids
Square based of 5 colours
(Mirrored top & bottom)
11 Planes
8 External Faces +
3 Internal Planes
8 External Faces
Triangular faces of 3 colours
(Also known as colour spaces)
Top Pyramid
“Light / Positive”
4 Additive Spaces
Colours mix to produce white at the centre of each triangular face or towards the centre of the Octahedron
CGM (Light/Neon)
Vivid & Wide
BGR (Digital)
Rich & Narrow
MGB
Transition/Blending face
RGC
Transition/Blending face
Bottom Pyramid
“Dark / Negative”
4 Subtractive Spaces
Colours mix to produce black at the centre of each triangular face or towards the centre of the octahedron
BYR (Paint)
Rich & Narrow
CYM (Print)
Vivid & Wide
RYC
Transition/Blending face
MYB
Transition/Blending face
Notes:Names in brackets are to identify various colour spaces & their usual best uses eg. Digital, Light, Paint & Print. Some letters are rearranged from the traditional order eg. RGB becomes BGR based on reading each dimension from left to right. “Vivid & wide” & “Rich & Narrow” is a simple descriptor of the planes colour gamuts. But the "non standard" Transition/Blending face dimensions of MGB, RGC, RYC & MYB havent been described yet as their mixture of Rich & Vivid, Wide & Narrow gamuts within 1 mixing space makes them inconsistent for practical use but form planes that blend or transition from vivid to rich across the front & rear of the Octahedron & are part of the full colour spectrum
3 Internal Planes
4 colour square planes
BMCR
Plum Plane
(horizontal - Left, Right, Front, Back)
RGMY
Orange Plane
(Vertical - Up, Down, Front, Back)
YBGC
Lime Plane
(Sideways- Left, Right, Up, Down)
Chrome (WSK)
1 Non-colour - Zero Point
A single "non-colour" at the centre of the Octahedron with 3 potential reflective or subtractive states.
All colours arise & return to this point through addition or subtraction
3 States
W = white
(all additive colours)
S = Silver/Grey
K & W + W & K
(balanced)
K = black
(all subtractive colours)
Notes:This can also be thought of as a shiny silver/chrome ball as it makes it easy to imagine that it is reflecting and projecting white, absorbing black & all the grey/silver shades & tints in between“S” (Silver) is used for grey to not confuse with G for green & also represent the S line that delineates the black & white on a spherical yin yang symbol ☯️ thats used to represent the Non-colourImagine that 3 colours from any 1 external face on the Octahedron were to project inwards towards the center, they would combine to white if from a top additive face, or black if from a bottom subtractive face or cancel each other out if from all faces at once, thus no visible light or colours etc & why it's a non-colour/particle.Now repeat the same process in reverse, where the non-colour/particle separates into black & white then each of those separate out into the 6 primary colours & it's possible to see how a "no - thing / non-colour" can give rise to all the colours & phenomena in the universeThis is a simplified explanation for part of the basis for Phen Theory
"One space to rule them all, one space to bind them, one space to bring them all,
& in the darkness or lightness bind them"
Mechanics & functional use descriptions of the basic model are yet to come. Until then, I invite you to explore how you can use the model in your own practice
In the associated Phen Theory (PT) Multiple octahedron stack into a matrix to form a mesh of almost unlimited light interaction possibilities that create all the visible colours in the universe
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