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COLOR (P)
ISBN: 9780131512597 | 0131512595
Publisher: Prentice Hall Professional Technical ReferencePub. Date: 1/1/1989
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Addressed to artists and art students in all media --in both fine and applied arts -- this book provides an introduction to the many different approaches to understanding color and its uses -- including aesthetics, science, psychology, and history. KEY TOPICS: Covers Color Basics; Perceiving Colors; Psychological Effects of Color; Compositional Effects of Color; Theories of Color Relationships; Subtractive Notation and Mixing; Light Mixtures; Color Combinations and Interactions; Color in Fine Art; and Color in Applied Design. Considers special aesthetic and practical considerations for color usage in each medium. Discusses color management with computer technologies. Provides direct quotes from working artists about the realities of color use. Features many demonstrations/illustrations -- in color and black and white -- of color effects and media -- including historic and contemporary paintings, photographs, crafts, advertisements, cartoons, commercial design, computer art, video, architecture, landscape design, sculpture, and clothing. For artists and art students in all media -- in both fine and applied arts.
| Preface | p. 7 |
| New to the Fifth Edition | p. 7 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 8 |
| Photo Credits | p. 9 |
| Why Study Color? | p. 11 |
| Color Basics | p. 14 |
| The Physics of Light | p. 14 |
| Light Colors | p. 15 |
| Pigment Colors | p. 16 |
| Saturation,Hue,Value | p. 19 |
| Perceiving Colors | p. 23 |
| The Human Eye | ... MOREp. 23 |
| Seeing Colors | p. 24 |
| Nonvisual Color Perception | p. 36 |
| Psychological Effects of Color | p. 37 |
| Warm and Cool Colors | p. 37 |
| Physiological Effects | p. 39 |
| Color Symbolism | p. 40 |
| Personal Color Preferences | p. 42 |
| Emotional Effects | p. 44 |
| Local and Expressive Color | p. 46 |
| Compositional Effects of Color | p. 49 |
| Spatial Effects | p. 49 |
| Balance and Proportion | p. 55 |
| Emphasis | p. 59 |
| Unity | p. 60 |
| Theories of Color Relationships | p. 62 |
| Early Theories | p. 62 |
| Leonardo daVinci | p. 62 |
| Newton | p. 63 |
| Harris | p. 64 |
| Goethe | p. 64 |
| Runge | p. 67 |
| Chevreul | p. 68 |
| Rood | p. 68 |
| Munsell | p. 69 |
| Ostwald | p. 69 |
| Color, Light, and Computers | p. 73 |
| Transmitting Color Electronically | p. 74 |
| Choosing and Using Color on the Monitor | p. 75 |
| Digital Art | p. 79 |
| Color in Website Design | p. 81 |
| Dynamic Imagery and Virtual Reality | p. 85 |
| Laser Art,Holography, and Multi-Media | p. 88 |
| Inks, Dyes, Pigments and Print | p. 91 |
| Dye and Pigment Sources | p. 91 |
| Lighting | p. 93 |
| The Munsell Notation System | p. 93 |
| The C. I. E. System | p. 94 |
| Mixing Oils and Acrylics | p. 95 |
| Ceramic Glazes | p. 100 |
| Colored Glass | p. 101 |
| Color Printing | p. 102 |
| Digital Printing | p. 107 |
| Color Management | p. 111 |
| Color Photography | p. 114 |
| Fiber Dyes | p. 116 |
| Fading of Subtractive Colors | p. 199 |
| Color Combinations and Interactions | p. 121 |
| Color Schemes | p. 121 |
| Color Interactions | p. 133 |
| Color in Fine Art | p. 148 |
| Non-Western Traditions | p. 149 |
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