Understanding color : an introduction for designers / Linda Holtzschue.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-242) and index.

Ch. 1 An Introduction to Color Study -- The Experience of Color -- Color Awareness -- The Uses of Color -- Color-Order Systems -- Color Study -- ch. 2 A Little Light on the Subject -- Light -- Additive Color: Mixing Light -- Lamps -- Lamp Types -- Special Purpose Lamps -- False Promise: Full-Spectrum Lighting -- Lighting Level -- Vision -- The Illuminant Mode of Vision -- The Object Mode of Vision -- Modifying Light: Colorants -- Lamps and Color Rendition -- The Color Rendering Index -- Metamerism and Matching -- Modifying Light: Surface -- Transparent, Opaque, and Translucent -- Iridescence -- Luminosity -- Indirect Light, Indirect Color -- Filters -- ch. 3 The Human Element -- The Sensation of Color -- Threshold -- Intervals -- The Perception of Color -- Physiology: Responding to Light -- Healing and Color -- Synaesthesia -- Psychology: Responding to Light -- Naming Colors -- Color As Language: From Name to Meaning -- Impressional Color.

Color As Words Alone -- ch. 4 The Vocabulary of Color -- Hue -- The Artists' Spectrum -- Primary, Secondary, and Intermediate Colors -- Saturated Color -- Other Spectrums, Other Primaries -- Chromatic Scales -- Complementary Colors -- Cool and Warm Colors -- Analogous Colors -- Tertiary Colors: Chromatic Neutrals -- Black, White, and Gray -- Value -- Pure Hues and Value -- Tints and Shades -- Monochromatic Value Scales -- Comparing Value in Different Hues -- Line -- Value and Image -- Transposing Image -- Saturation -- Saturation: Diluting Hues with Gray -- Saturation: Diluting Hues with the Complement -- Theoretical Gray -- Tone -- ch. 5 The Instability of Colors -- The Instability of Colors -- Color Composition -- Ground and Carried Colors -- Placement and Color Change -- Equilibrium -- Simultaneous Contrast -- Afterimage and Contrast Reversal -- Complementary Contrast -- Ground Subtraction -- Color and Area: Small, Medium, Large.

Ch. 6 Illusion and Impression -- Color Illusions -- The Illusion of Depth -- Spatial Effects of Colors -- Transparence Illusion -- Fluting -- Vibration -- Vanishing Boundaries -- Luminosity -- Bezold Effect -- Optical Mixes -- ch. 7 Color Theory: A Brief History -- Setting the Stage -- The Beginnings of Color Theory -- Color and Controversy -- The Scientific Model: Color Gets Organized -- Color by the Numbers -- A New Perspective -- ch. 8 Color Harmony -- In Search of Beauty -- Intervals and Harmony -- Hue and Harmony -- Major and Minor Themes -- Value and Harmony -- Saturation and Harmony -- On Beyond Harmony: Dissonant Colors -- The X-tra Factor: Surface and Harmony -- Some Harmonious Conclusions -- ch. 9 Tools of the Trade: Color in Product and Print -- It's the Real Thing: Color in Product and Print -- Design Media -- Artists' Media -- Subtractive Mixing: Pure Hues -- Subtractive Mixing: Muted Hues -- Tinting Strength.

Color Printing: Process Colors -- Color Printing: Spot Colors -- Screen and Block Printing -- ch. 10 The Medium of Light -- Images of Light -- Lost in Translation -- The Screen Display -- Color Display Modes -- Color Management -- Color on the Web -- Web Color Coding -- Emerging Media: E-Ink -- ch. 11 The Business of Color -- The Color Industries -- Colorants -- Color Sampling -- Color Forecasting -- Color Consulting -- Color and Product Identity -- Palettes -- Traditional Colors, Document Colors -- Palettes and the Past -- Color Becomes Fashion -- Color Cycles: A Modern History -- Today and Tomorrow.

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