Colour /
Paul Zelanski and Mary Pat Fisher.
- 3rd ed.
- London : Herbert, 1999.
- 176p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.
Previous ed.: 1994. 1. Why study colour - 2. Colour Basics - The physics of light - Additive colour relationships - Pigment colour - Saturation Hue Value - 3. Perceiving colour - The human eye - Seeing colours - Variables in colour perception - Nonvisual colour perception - 4. Psychological effects of colour - Warm and cool colours - Physiological effects - colour symbolism - Personal colour preferences - Emotional effects - Local and expressive colour - 5. Compositional effects of colour - Spatial effects - Balance and proportion - Emphasis - Unity - 6. Theories of colour relationships - Early theories - Leonardo da Vinci - Newton - Moses Harris - Goethe - Runge - Chevreul - Rood - Munsell - Ostwald - 7. Subtractive notation and mixing - Dye and pigment sources - Lighting - The Munsell notation system - The C.I.E System - Mixing oils and acrylics - Ceramic glazes - Colour printing - Colour photography - Fiber dyes - Fading of subtractive colours - 8. Light mixtures - Video - Computer graphics - Choosing colours - Computer colour printers - Colour management Dynamic imagery - Colour photocopying - Laser art, Holography and multi-media - 9. Colour combinations and interactions - Colour schemes - 10. Colour in fine art - Non - Western approaches - Twentieth-Century western approaches - 11. Colour in applied design - Colour trends - Colour psychology - Graphic design - Interior design - Architecture - Landscape design - Crafts. Index. Previous ed.: published as Color. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 1994. Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Colour is an invaluable introduction to the art and science of colour and its uses. It provides a solid and thorough foundation in the aesthetic and practical basics of colour, and gives insights into the use of colour by artists past and present.