Understanding color : an introduction for designers
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- ISBN: 0442016832
- Physical Description x, 141 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
- Publisher New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-134) and index. |
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Understanding Color : An Introduction for Designers
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Table of Contents
Understanding Color : An Introduction for Designers
| Section | Section Description | Page Number |
|---|---|---|
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Preface | ||
| Chapter 1 | An Introduction to Color Study | |
| The Experience of Color | ||
| Color Awareness | ||
| The Uses of Color | ||
| Color-Order Systems | ||
| Color Study | ||
| Chapter 2 | A Little Light on the Subject | |
| Light | ||
| Mixing Light: Additive Color | ||
| Lamps | ||
| Lighting Level | ||
| Vision | ||
| The Illuminant Mode of Vision | ||
| The Object Mode of Vision | ||
| Modifying Light: Colorants | ||
| Modifying Light: Surface | ||
| Transparent, Opaque, and Translucent | ||
| Lamps and Color Rendition | ||
| Metamerism and Matching | ||
| Luminosity | ||
| Indirect Light, Indirect Color | ||
| Modifying Light: Filters | ||
| Chapter 3 | The Human Element | |
| The Sensation of Color | ||
| Visual Acuity for Color | ||
| Threshold | ||
| Intervals | ||
| The Perception of Color | ||
| Physiology: Responding to Light | ||
| Healing and Color | ||
| Synaesthesia | ||
| Psychology: Responding to Light | ||
| Color and Meaning | ||
| Naming Colors | ||
| Chapter 4 | The Vocabulary Of Color: Hue | |
| Hue | ||
| The Artists' Spectrum | ||
| Primary and Secondary Colors | ||
| Saturated Color | ||
| Other Spectrums, Other Primaries | ||
| Chromatic Scales | ||
| Cool and Warm Colors | ||
| Analogous Colors | ||
| Complementary Colors | ||
| Equilibrium | ||
| Simultaneous Contrast | ||
| Afterimage and Contrast Reversal | ||
| Complementary Contrast | ||
| Tertiary Colors: Muted Hues and Brown | ||
| Black, White, Gray | ||
| Chapter 5 | The Vocabulary of Color: Value And Saturation | |
| Value | ||
| Value and Image | ||
| Transposing Image | ||
| Pure Hues and Value | ||
| Tints and Shades | ||
| Monochromatic Value Scales | ||
| Comparing Value in Different Hues | ||
| Saturation | ||
| Saturation: Diluting Pure Hues with Gray | ||
| Saturation: Diluting Pure Hues with the Complement | ||
| Tone | ||
| Chapter 6 | Working With Color | |
| Color Composition | ||
| Ground and Carried Colors | ||
| Placement and Color Change | ||
| Ground Subtraction | ||
| Reversing the Illusion: Two Colors as One | ||
| Influenced and Influencing Colors | ||
| Optical Mixes: Partitive Color | ||
| Spatial Effects of Colors | ||
| Color Illusions | ||
| Spreading Effect | ||
| Color and Area | ||
| Chapter 7 | Color Harmony | |
| In Search of Beauty | ||
| A Brief History of Color Theory | ||
| Color Theory and Harmony | ||
| Color Harmony: From the Ground Up | ||
| Intervals and Harmony | ||
| Hue and Harmony | ||
| Value and Harmony | ||
| Saturation and Harmony | ||
| Major and Minor Themes | ||
| Some Harmonious Conclusions | ||
| On Beyond Harmony: Visual Impact | ||
| On Beyond Harmony: Dissonant Colors | ||
| The X(tra)-Factor: Surface and Harmony | ||
| Chapter 8 | Tools of the Trade | |
| It's the Real Thing: Color in Product and Print | ||
| Artists' Media | ||
| Subtractive Mixing | ||
| Tinting Strength | ||
| Process Colors | ||
| Chapter 9 | The Medium of Light | |
| The Medium of Light | ||
| Lost in Translation | ||
| The Screen Display | ||
| Monitors | ||
| Software: Color Display Modes | ||
| Printed Images | ||
| Standards and Supports | ||
| Distributed Screen Images | ||
| Chapter 10 | The Business of Color | |
| Palettes | ||
| Color Cycles | ||
| Color Forecasting | ||
| Color Sampling | ||
| Traditional Colors | ||
| Color and Product Identity | ||
| Influences on Palettes | ||
| Glossary | ||
| Workbook | ||
| Bibliography | ||
| Index |
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