Been reading Tchichold's "The New Typography" where he makes many references to Constructivist, Futurist, Proun, Suprematism artists and explains their importance to the development of the New Typography. So I thought it would be a good idea to do a little research into the contributors.
The above picture is by Piet Mondrain and it details the visual tension achieved when placing primary colours (such as red, blue and yellow) on the same plane. On page 73 of the aforementioned book, Tschichold explains that colours shouldn't be accepted by their litery identification (ie red = love, yellow = envy) but for their "physiological effect peculiar to each colour". "White for example has the effect of reflecting light, it shines. Red comes forward, it seems closer to the reader than any other colour, including white. Black on the otherhand is the densist colour and seems to retire the furthest. Of the other colours, yellow, for example is close to red, and blue to black.
Relating this information back to Mondrains picture (above) we see a deliberate use of colours arranged on a flat plane. Because eablock of colour is contained within a black border they all appear on the same level causing tension.
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