Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors"By means of exercises ranging from simple to challenging, illustrated with more than 125 step-by-step images, this book offers a deep understanding of the basic structure of color, including how to see what is really out there rather than what you think you know about colored objects. Intended for the novice in color as well as for more experienced artists and designers, the exercises focus on how to successfully mix and combine hues."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved |
Contents
Chapter | 6 |
Understanding and Applying Color Theory | 14 |
Learning the Vocabulary of Color | 20 |
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aesthetic after-image alizarin crimson Analogous colors artist attributes of color beautiful blue-green brain brush cadmium orange cadmium red cadmium yellow chapter cobalt violet color arrangement color changes color constancy color theory color wheel hues complement complementary colors composition dark darker drawing edge example exercise Figure flower gray scale hue scanner illustration board intensity wheel Johann Goethe Johannes Itten lighten look low-intensity match meaning ments mix colors mixture name the hue o'clock oil on canvas Opposite intensities opposite values original colors original hues painter palette pencil perception perceptual color permanent green Piet Mondrian pigments primary colors pure color pure hue purple R-mode red-orange red-violet Scan setup shadow simultaneous contrast source hue spectrum steps symbolic tape tertiary tertiary colors three attributes three primaries tion value and intensity value wheel vase viewfinder Vincent van Gogh visual vocabulary of color yellow-green yellow-orange