Edited by leading color experts, this comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia covers all aspects of color including theories, concepts, history, psychology and universal applications. 250 black and white illustrations, 56 pages of color.
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That color is an art, a science, a culture, fashion and flowers, is all borne out in the pages of The Color Compendium. We tried to provide ready and quick access to the language of color, the artists, theories, and history that make color a factor in every aspect of our lives.
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Augustine Hope, who holds a degree in philosophy from Oxford University, is an international color authority and journalist who works from New York and London. We was formerly an associate editor of American Fabrics and Fashions Magazine.
Margaret Walch is director of The Color Association of the United States and author of Living Colors: The definitive guide to color palettes through the ages. She is a frequent lecturer at corporations, professional associations, and educational institutions. Her comments on color often appear in the press. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This is one of the most straightforward resources on color symbolism and usage that I have found. I did my thesis on symbolism and had to use MANY resources, this was one of most "user friendly". It would be the perfect desktop resource for a designer.
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I purchased this book based on a recommendation from an art teacher that I took a class from. It is different than I thought it would be but a very useful reference guide. The contents includes a color section and essays, And the categories with definitions range from A to Z. So the A section has descriptions for Aalto, Alvar, Abberation, Absinthe, Abstraction of color, acacia etc. etc. And, each of these has a commentary on what or who it is and a description. It is a great reference book for any artist or someone taking art classes. I like it and refer to it many times.
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1898-1976. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
forecasting color, multaneous contrast, highly permanent, metameric colors, mural ceramics, rite colors, additive color mixing, color couplers, body prism, color cycles, color theorist, earth pigments, fashion shades, optical mixture, successive contrast, color constancy, grayed colors, safety colors, color education, mounted chips, color organ, color field painting, tristimulus values, blanc fixe, silkscreen printing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, Middle Ages, New York City, Art Deco, Wassily Kandinsky, Isaac Newton, Sources of Historic Colors, Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse, Natural Earth Pigments, Measurement of Color, Paul Klee, Pierre Bonnard, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Blaue Reiter, Georges Braque, Claude Monet, Faber Birren, Johannes Itten, Personal Color Analysis, Sir Joshua, William Morris, Art Nouveau Colors, Eugène Delacroix New!
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forecasting color, multaneous contrast, highly permanent, metameric colors, mural ceramics, rite colors, additive color mixing, color couplers, body prism, color cycles, color theorist, earth pigments, fashion shades, optical mixture, successive contrast, color constancy, grayed colors, safety colors, color education, mounted chips, color organ, color field painting, tristimulus values, blanc fixe, silkscreen printing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, World War, Middle Ages, New York City, Art Deco, Wassily Kandinsky, Isaac Newton, Sources of Historic Colors, Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse, Natural Earth Pigments, Measurement of Color, Paul Klee, Pierre Bonnard, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Blaue Reiter, Georges Braque, Claude Monet, Faber Birren, Johannes Itten, Personal Color Analysis, Sir Joshua, William Morris, Art Nouveau Colors, Eugène Delacroix New!
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- Interaction of Color: Revised Edition by Josef Albers on page 11, page 108, and Back Matter
- The Painter's Eye: Notes and Essays on the Pictorial Arts by Henry James in Index (1), Index (2), and Index (3)
- Color source book by Margaret Walch in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Flap
- Olivier Messiaen: Music and Color: Conversations with Claude Samuel by Claude Samuel on page 213, page 284, and Index
- Le dernier Picasso, 1953-1973: Centre Georges Pompidou : 17 fevrier-16 mai 1988, exposition (French Edition) by Pablo Picasso on page 98, and page 99
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- Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers, 2nd Edition by Linda Holtzschue on 8 pages
- The Beader's Guide to Color by Margie Deeb in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Color, Environment, & Human Response by Frank H. Mahnke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Design Fundamentals for the Digital Age (Graphic Design) by Linda Holtzschue on page 155, and Back Matter
- Color Right from the Start: Progressive Lessons in Seeing and Understanding Color by Hilary Page in Back Matter
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