Color Basics,9780534613891

Color Basics

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780534613891
ISBN10: 0534613896
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-07-16
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary

Foreword. 1. Introduction. 2. Color Systems. 3. Color in Context. 4. Color in Practice: Two Dimensional. 5. Color in Practice: Three Dimensional. 6. Color in Nature and Culture. Afterword. Glossary. Index.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xi
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 2(14)
Experience of Color
2(2)
The Color Spectrum
4(2)
Color Perception
6(2)
Color Names
8(2)
Color Mixture
10(2)
Color Connotation
12(2)
Color in Context
14(2)
CHAPTER 2 COLOR SYSTEMS 16(22)
Hue
16(4)
Color Wheel
16(2)
Primary Colors
18(2)
Value
20(4)
Grey Scale and Middle Grey
20(2)
Inherent Value
22(2)
Intensity
24(2)
Hue, Value, and Intensity Comparisons
26(2)
Three Dimensions of Color
28(2)
The Ostwald System
30(2)
The Munsell System
32(2)
The CIE System
34(2)
Systems in Practice
36(2)
CHAPTER 3 COLOR IN CONTEXT 38(28)
Seeing in Situations
38(2)
Afterimage
40(2)
Simultaneous Contrast
42(2)
Simultaneous Contrast: Point of View
44(2)
Simultaneous Contrast: Three Colors Become Two
46(2)
Simultaneous Contrast: Different Colors Look Alike
48(2)
Middle Mixture/Middle Color
50(2)
Interpenetration
52(2)
Transparency
54(2)
Melting Borders
56(2)
Vibrating Borders
58(2)
Optical Mixture: Partitive Mixture
60(2)
Color Transposition
62(2)
Extended Palette
64(2)
CHAPTER 4 COLOR IN PRACTICE: TWO-DIMENSIONAL 66(42)
Introduction
66(2)
Composition: Emphasis
68(2)
Composition: Triadic
70(2)
Composition: Monochromatic
72(2)
Composition: Analogous
74(2)
Composition: Complementary
76(2)
Composition: Harmony and Discord
78(2)
Black and White
80(2)
Color and Space: Atmospheric Perspective
82(2)
Color and Space: Equivocal Space
84(2)
Color and Space: Push/Pull
86(2)
Color and Light: Warm/Cool
88(2)
Color and Light: Transposing Colors
90(2)
Color and Light: Various Light Sources and Color Photography
92(2)
Color and Light: Transparency and Translucency
94(2)
Color and Light: Optical Mixture
96(2)
Color and Material: Paint and Mud
98(2)
Color and Surface: Skin
100(2)
Color and Surface: Reflective
102(2)
Color and Surface: Luminosity
104(2)
Color and Symbolism
106(2)
CHAPTER 5 COLOR IN PRACTICE: THREE-DIMENSIONAL 108(36)
Introduction
108(2)
Color as Material
110(2)
The Polychrome World
112(2)
The Polychrome World: Sculpture
114(2)
The Polychrome World: Architecture
116(2)
The Polychrome World: Product Design
118(2)
Structures of Light and Time
120(2)
Space
122(2)
Light and Form
124(2)
Transparency
126(2)
Reflective Surfaces
128(2)
Luminosity
130(2)
Unity with Variety
132(2)
Order
134(2)
Order: Shaker Design
136(2)
Utility
138(2)
Emphasis
140(2)
Proportion
142(2)
CHAPTER 6 COLOR IN NATURE AND CULTURE 144(20)
Introduction
144(2)
Camouflage
146(2)
Warning and Display
148(2)
Nature and Its Representation
150(2)
Harmony and Discord
152(2)
Pink
154(2)
Color in Language
156(2)
Color Memory
158(2)
Color Symbolism
160(2)
Pleasure and Celebration
162(2)
Afterword 164(3)
Glossary 167(4)
Bibliography 171(2)
Credits 173(2)
Index 175

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