Color

by Zelanski, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780130802613
• ISBN10: 0130802611
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

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. 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.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(7)
Special Features of the Third Edition	7	(1)
Acknowledgments	8	(1)
Photo Credits	9	(161)
Why Study Color?	11	(2)
Color Basics	13	(9)
The Physics of Light	13	(1)
Additive Color Relationships	14	(3)
Pigment Colors	17	(1)
Saturation, Hue, Value	18	(4)
Perceiving Colors	22	(13)
The Human Eye	22	(1)
Seeing Colors	23	(3)
Variables in Color Perception	26	(8)
Nonvisual Color Perception	34	(1)
Psychological Effects of Color	35	(9)
Warm and Cool Colors	35	(2)
Physiological Effects	37	(1)
Color Symbolism	38	(2)
Personal Color Preferences	40	(1)
Emotional Effects	40	(2)
Local and Expressive Color	42	(2)
Compositional Effects of Color	44	(11)
Spatial Effects	44	(6)
Balance and Proportion	50	(2)
Emphasis	52	(1)
Unity	53	(2)
Theories of Color Relationships	55	(12)
Early Theories	55	(1)
Leonardo da Vinci	55	(2)
Newton	57	(1)
Moses Harris	57	(1)
Goethe	58	(2)
Runge	60	(1)
Chevreul	60	(2)
Rood	62	(2)
Munsell	64	(1)
Ostwald	64	(3)
Subtractive Notation and Mixing	67	(24)
Dye and Pigment Sources	67	(1)
Lighting	68	(1)
The Munsell Notation System	69	(1)
The C.I.E. System	70	(1)
Mixing Oils and Acrylics	71	(4)
Ceramic Glazes	75	(1)
Colored Glass	76	(1)
Color Printing	77	(6)
Color Photography	83	(4)
Fiber Dyes	87	(3)
Fading of Subtractive Colors	90	(1)
Light Mixtures	91	(14)
Video	91	(1)
Computer Graphics	92	(1)
Choosing Colors	93	(5)
Computer Color Printers	98	(2)
Color Management	100	(2)
Dynamic Imagery	102	(1)
Color Photocopying	102	(1)
Laser Art, Holography, and Multi-Media	103	(2)
Color Combinations and Interactions	105	(25)
Color Schemes	105	(12)
Color Interactions	117	(13)
Color in Fine Art	130	(24)
Non-Western Traditions	131	(4)
Historical Western Approaches	135	(9)
Twentieth-Century Western Approaches	144	(10)
Color in Applied Design	154	(16)
Color Trends	154	(1)
Color Psychology	155	(3)
Graphic Design	158	(2)
Interior Design	160	(2)
Architecture	162	(5)
Landscape Design	167	(1)
Crafts	167	(3)
Glossary	170	(3)
Notes	173	(2)
Index	175