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Interaction of Color
Interaction of Color
by Josef Albers
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Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this timeless book presents Albers' unique ideas of color experimentation in a way that is valuable to specialists as well as to a larger audience.... (read more)

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Making Color Sing
Making Color Sing
by Jeann Dobie
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Through clear, illuminating exercises, this brilliant book explores new ways to think about color, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allows artists to express themselves with paint as never before. In thirty-one practical and... (read more)

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Color Index 2
Color Index 2
by Jim Krause
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Color Index 2 contains hundreds of different color combinations, each with an accurate formula for both print and web use. You'll find the best colors for your piece with chapters organized by dominant hue, and with unique expansion palettes - sets of... (read more)

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Principles of Color (Rev 87 Edition)
Principles of Color (Rev 87 Edition)
by Faber Birren
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An elementary work on color, dealing with traditional principles of harmony as well as advanced principles derived from modern studies of the psychology of human color perception. Mr. Birren tells a well-organized story of how to achieve harmony with... (read more)

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Designer's Guide to Color #5: Designer's Guide to Color 5
Designer's Guide to Color #5: Designer's Guide to Color 5
by Ikuyoshi Shibukawa
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With over 500,000 copies sold in this popular series, the Designer's Guide to Color collection now boasts a fifth title. Using an abundance of color combinations and shapes, Designer's Guide to Color 5 contains extensive descriptions for creating colors... (read more)

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Design & Intuition; Structures, Interiors & the Mind.
Design & Intuition; Structures, Interiors & the Mind.
by C. Lewis Kausel
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Scholarship has sought to explain design primarily as developments and trends by understanding the influential ideas of a period. These processes are resourceful to the analysis, however they don't explain why people become attached to design and... (read more)

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Color in Art
Color in Art
by Stefano Zuffi
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Every color has many aspects, many variations, and many meanings. Red, for instance, can mean passion, or suffering, or anger. How are these aspects represented in works of art from Titian and Bosch to Matisse and Warhol? Painters use colors to convey a... (read more)

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The essence of blue
The essence of blue
by Belinda Recio
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Focuses on the initial experiences of 25 local authority social services departments operating within social care markets, drawing on large-scale longitudinal research in England undertaken between 1990 and 1992. Examines perspectives on community... (read more)

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Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers
Color Management: A Comprehensive Guide for Graphic Designers
by John T. Drew
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Whether they are working in print, interactive, environmental, or web-based design, designers will learn how to apply color theory to their work in order to communicate and entertain. Graphic design professors John Drew and Sarah Meyer explain all of the... (read more)

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A Noir, E Blanc, I Rouge, U Vert, O Bleu
A Noir, E Blanc, I Rouge, U Vert, O Bleu
by Uwe Gellner
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Mit Farben verbinden sich Emotionen. Sie dienen der Kommunikation, lenken unsere Wahrnehmung und können Symbolik vermitteln. Aber ist das alles? Welche Rolle Farben im Werk eines Künstlers spielen, kann höchst unterschiedlich sein... (read more)

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Color and Meaning: Art, Science, and Symbolism
Color and Meaning: Art, Science, and Symbolism
by John Gage
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Is color just a physiological reaction, a sensation resulting from different wave lengths of light on receptors in our eyes? Does color have an effect on our feelings? The phenomenon of color is examined in extraordinary new ways in John Gage's latest... (read more)

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Artist's Little Book of Color
Artist's Little Book of Color
by Simon Jennings
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Fascinating facts and useful information on all aspects of color. The most popular colors available to the artist are also the colors that are part of the everyday world. Simon Jennings deals with color history, mythology, science, chemistry and botany... (read more)

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Books on Colour 1500-2000: 2,500 Titles in English & Other European Languages
Books on Colour 1500-2000: 2,500 Titles in English & Other European Languages
by Roy Osborne
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A partly annotated, cross-referenced and indexed A-Z bibliography of authors of books on colour published between 1502 & 2003, organised in the following 30 categories: Architecture, Chemistry, Classification, Colorants, Decoration, Design, Dress... (read more)

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Brilliant: White in Design
Brilliant: White in Design
by Linda O'keeffe
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It all begins and ends with white. White is everywhere, from sculptures and art installations to interior and furniture designs to fields of snow and mythical animals. In its countless tones—eggshell, ballerina, off-white, edelweiss, and so many... (read more)

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Color perception in art
Color perception in art
by Faber Birren
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The relationship of visual perception to color expression in art is presented here in clear detail. Photographs of representative paintings, explanatory line drawings, and abstract, geometric color plates supplement the text.... (read more)

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Dimensional Color 2ND Edition
Dimensional Color 2ND Edition
by Lois Swirnoff
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To the basic grammar of color and form presented in the first edition of Dimensional Color, Lois Swirnoff adds a chapter on color structure and expands one on color and light. Exploring the interaction between light, color, and surfaces, the book... (read more)

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Color: The Secret Influence
Color: The Secret Influence
by Kenneth R Fehrman
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This integrated exploration of color and light incorporates not only the basics of color harmony and usage, but also information on the vast and often hidden ways in which color affects our everyday lives—culturally, psychologically, and... (read more)

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Designer's Guide to Color 3
Designer's Guide to Color 3
by J Allen
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The books that make up the Designer's Guide to Color series were created as professional tools for the graphic designer, but with more than 1,000 innovative color combinations presented in each volume, they are an invaluable reference to anyone making a... (read more)

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Color
Color
by David Hornung
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This new text connects color theory with its practical application in two-dimensional visual disciplines--graphic design, illustration, painting, textile art, and textile design. Fundamental color concepts are explored in a series of sixteen painted... (read more)

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Arabic Art in Color (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Arabic Art in Color (Dover Pictorial Archives)
by D'avennes Prisse
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Here are 141 designs and motifs in authentic full color from classic 19th century work by noted French historian — a visual vocabulary of Islamic decorative art.... (read more)

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