The Complete Color Harmony: Deluxe Edition Expert Color Information for Professional Color Results

by Sutton, Tina; Semple, Stuart

• ISBN13: 9780760392577
• ISBN10: 0760392579
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780760392584
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2024-07-02
• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
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Summary

This premium anniversary edition of The Complete Color Harmony gives you the color explorations, insights, and palettes from the original version in a deluxe new package that includes a pullout poster, gatefold foreword by internationally acclaimed contemporary artist Stuart Semple, and all-new image references.

The Complete Color Harmony was the first book published by the acclaimed design publisher Rockport Publishers, and has gone on to become an essential reference for generations of designers. This special edition of that classic reference celebrates Rockport Publisher’s 40th anniversary.

Get an introduction to using the color wheel and discover the key aspects of color, such as warm, cool, pale, and bright. Then, delve into moods and color and see how a wide variety of palettes can come across as earthy, powerful, regal, calm, dependable, and more.

In this book, you’ll discover:

• Hundreds of organized color palettes that can be used for a variety of art and design projects.
• Why certain colors attract.
• How colors evoke certain moods.
• Advice on choosing the best colors to work with.
• A CMYK process color chart and color swatches to make choosing colors and palettes easy.

With all the expert information in this convenient portable guide, you’ll feel confident in every color choice.

Author Biography

Tina Sutton is a veteran color, consumer trends, and fashion marketing consultant for product developers, corporations, and advertising agencies. She has researched, written about, and lectured on the psychology of color for numerous publications, arts institutions, and television and radio programs nationwide. Sutton is also a longtime style and features writer for The Boston Globe, and author of The Making of Markova: Diaghilev’s Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon, a highly regarded biography of legendary dancer Alicia Markova.

Table of Contents

Introduction 
The Color Wheel 
How to Use Color 
The Color Chart 
The Process
Aspects of Color 
Basic Color Schemes 
What's Your Color? 
Special Effects for Colors
Moods and Color 
The Psychology of Color 
Color Trends 
Process Color Conversion Chart 
Color Swatches 
About the Authors 
Photo Credits