Color Theory For Dummies
- Length: 288 pages
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
- Publisher: For Dummies
- Publication Date: 2022-09-07
- ISBN-10: 1119892279
- ISBN-13: 9781119892274
- Sales Rank: #437467 (See Top 100 Books)
Choose the right colors and color combinations for your projects
Color theory is the art and science of using color. Color Theory For Dummies explains, in simple terms, how colors relate to one another and how they can be combined to work together in an aesthetically pleasing way. An understanding of color theory can help you create art, decorate your home, design a beautiful wedding, and impress your friends at parties. With this book, you’ll learn how humans perceive color, how colors harmonize or clash with each other, and how you can apply these principles in your life and work to add a little, well, color to things.
- Discover the history and science behind how we see colors
- Understand how colors mix, match, and contrast so you can create better color combinations
- Learn how certain colors have the ability to affect how we feel and think
- Apply color theory to design, art, décor, photography, and beyond
Color Theory For Dummies simplifies and illuminates the world of color theory, outlining and defining color in a digestible and applicable way.
Cover Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Introduction About This Book Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in This Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here Part 1: Opening Your Eyes to Color Chapter 1: Your Color Journey Color and the Power of Limits Slowing Down to See Color Where Color Begins Why Is Color So Slippery? A Colorist’s World Ways of Working with Color My Colorful Part of Tens Chapter 2: History of Color Early Humans and Color Ancient Pigments and Dyes Color in Sacred Art Colorlessness in the Protestant World Modern Color Contemporary Color Chapter 3: The Science of Color Color in the Physical World Biological Aspects of Color Perception The Subjectivity of Color Perception Chapter 4: The Language of Color Talking about Color with the Right Words Using Colorful Language Outliers and Oddballs Part 2: Examining Color Relationships Chapter 5: The Relativity of Color Seeing How Value Changes with Context Seeing How Color Changes with Context Chapter 6: Contrasts of Color Distinguishing Opposites with Color Contrast of Light and Dark Contrast of Cool and Warm Contrast of Complements Contrast of Extension Contrast of Saturation Contrast of Hue Chapter 7: Color Dynamics Feeling a Color's Weight Watching Color Advance or Recede Seeing Red and Blue: Chromostereopsis Experiencing the Fluting Effect Sensing Color’s Wetness or Dryness Opacity: Hitting the Color Wall Transparency: Seeing Through Color Translucency: Obscuring with Color Part 3: Coloring Your World Chapter 8: Color Palettes Building a Palette Working with Nature’s Colors Forgetting Everything You Just Learned: the Intuitive Approach Chapter 9: Using Color to Convey Meaning Color and Consumer Culture Influencing Your Taste Buds with Color Affecting Emotions and Mood with Color Getting Personal with Color Part 4: Color at Work Chapter 10: Systems of Color Understanding the Types of Color Systems Standardization Color Systems Application Color Systems Checking Out Digital Color Systems Chapter 11: Creating with Color Painting with Professional Artist’s Paints Painting with Other Kinds of Paints Interior Painting Drawing with Color Dyeing Collaging with Color Working with Color Digitally Part 5: The Part of Tens Chapter 12: Ten Colorful Careers Marcie Bronkar, Textile Designer Paul Bronkar, Film Colorist Richard A. Chance, Illustrator Jamie Drake, Interior Designer Leatrice Eiseman, Color Specialist Aura Friedman, Hair Colorist Jay Jones, Garden Designer Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Painter Fanny Singer, Food Aficionado Gabriele Wilson, Graphic Designer Chapter 13: Tens Ways to Kickstart Your Color Creativity Exercise #1: Building Your Color Vocabulary Exercise #2: Mixing Cellophane Exercise #3: Exploring Nature’s Colors Exercise #4: Planting a Colorful Garden Exercise #5: Expanding Monochromes Exercise #6: Concocting a Food Palette Exercise #7: Crafting a Color Blot Exercise# 8: Creating a Personal Palette Exercise #9: Adding Color to Your Home Exercise #10: Making a Mood Board Index About the Author Advertisement Page Connect with Dummies End User License Agreement
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