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Color

ISBN: 9780130984869 | 0130984868
Edition: 4th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
This book addresses the subject of color in all media, both fine and applied. It provides an informative introduction to understanding color from the approaches of aesthetics, science, psychology, and history; and includes beautiful illustrations and direct quotes from working artists about their perspectives about color use. The book discusses all facets of color in historic and contemporary paintings, with sections on the psychological and compositional effects of color, theories of color relationships, subtractive notation and light mixture... MORE
Preface7(1)
Special Features of the Fourth Edition
7(1)
Acknowledgments
8(1)
Photo Credits... MORE9(167)
Why Study Color?
11(2)
Color Basics
13(9)
The Physics of Light
13(1)
Light Colors
14(3)
Pigment Colors
17(1)
Saturation, Hue, Value
18(4)
Perceiving Colors
22(13)
The Human Eye
22(1)
Seeing Colors
23(4)
Variables in Color Perception
27(6)
Nonvisual Color Perception
33(2)
Psychological Effects of Color
35(11)
Warm and Cool Colors
35(1)
Physiological Effects
35(4)
Color Symbolism
39(1)
Personal Color Preferences
39(3)
Emotional Effects
42(1)
Local and Expressive Color
43(3)
Compositional Effects of Color
46(13)
Spatial Effects
46(7)
Balance and Proportion
53(3)
Emphasis
56(1)
Unity
57(2)
Theories of Color Relationships
59(11)
Early Theories
59(1)
Leonardo da Vinci
59(1)
Newton
60(1)
Moses Harris
61(1)
Goethe
61(2)
Runge
63(1)
Chevreul
64(1)
Rood
65(2)
Munsell
67(1)
Ostwald
67(3)
Subtractive Notation and Mixing
70(25)
Dye and Pigment Sources
70(2)
Lighting
72(1)
The Munsell Notation System
72(1)
The C.I.E. System
73(3)
Mixing Oils and Acrylics
76(3)
Ceramic Glazes
79(1)
Colored Glass
80(1)
Color Printing
80(6)
Color Photography
86(5)
Fiber Dyes
91(3)
Fading of Subtractive Colors
94(1)
Light Mixtures
95(15)
Video
95(1)
Computer Graphics
96(1)
Choosing Colors
97(5)
Computer Color Printers
102(1)
Color Management
102(2)
Dynamic Imagery and Virtual Reality
104(3)
Laser Art, Holography, and Multi-Media
107(3)
Color Combinations and Interactions
110(26)
Color Schemes
110(12)
Color Interactions
122(14)
Color in Fine Art
136(24)
Non-Western Traditions
136(3)
Historical Western Approaches
139(9)
Twentieth-Century Western Approaches
148(12)
Color in Applied Design
160(16)
Color Trends
160(1)
Color Psychology
161(3)
Graphic Design
164(3)
Interior Design
167(2)
Architecture
169(4)
Landscape Design
173(2)
Crafts
175(1)
Color Problems176(2)
Glossary178(3)
Notes181(2)
Index183

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