The author demonstrates in Creative Color his exciting thesis: A knowledge of perception is the springboard to a far more inventive use of color in art today. By following Creative Color and performing the interesting experiments at the end of every chapter, you learn how to produce--consistently--effects that artists have rarely achieved, and then only by intuition, accident or painful trial-and-error. The illustrations are not meant to be art. They are experiments in producing color effects according to known principles of perception. If such striking effects can be achieved without the slightest attempt of art, think how much more the artist can do with the same knowledge! The author has usefully included a list of Numsell-coded palettes by which his extraordinary color effects may be precisely duplicated.

Creative Color.

Arts & Photography

Birren, Faber

Graphic Design

Van Nostrand Reinhold (Trade)

A wonderful reference and study of colour principles and harmony.

Principles of Color Theories: A Review of Past Traditions and Modern Theories

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Color perception in art

Color Perception in Art

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

The most vital recent information on the relationship of visual perception to color expression in art is presented here in clear detail. Faber Birren, one of the best-known colorists of our time, prepares us for what he believes will be a new era of color expression. Pioneered by gestalt psychology many secrets of the brain are rapidly being discovered, resulting in creative new principles of color. The book is divided into three sections. First the history of nineteenth-and twentieth-century color expression is traced from Turner through Impressionism to Op Art. Next the parallel history of color theory is covered. Finally, the new concepts and interpretations of illumination, color constancy, adaptation, and the Law of Field Size, which created a revolution in the possibilities of color expression in art and their aesthetic implications, are discussed. These sections are supplemented by numerous black and white photographs of representative paintings, explanatory line drawings and the abstract, geometric color plates themselves-of the incomparable beauty and quality that are the hallmark of Faber Birren.

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

"Birren presents a kaleidoscopic view of color information that has been a source of fascination." -- Color Research and Application "Keeps up with the latest developments in biology and psychology where light and color are involved." -- AIA Journal Here is a major work by one of the best-known color authorities in the world. Faber Bitten pioneered in the field of "functional" color, using color properties to promote human welfare psychologically, visually, and physiologically; in this volume he has assembled a wealth of information on the subject. Color and Human Response offers intriguing factual and hypothetical observations on the influences of color in life, supported by historical references and the latest scientific data. Birren explores the biological, visual, emotional, aesthetic, and psychic responses to color -- referring both to ancient symbolic uses of color as well as its application in the modern environment. His specifications for color in homes, offices, hospitals, and schools are geared toward relieving modem tensions and anxieties. Complete with drawings, color photographs, and a chapter on the personal meaning of color preferences, Color and Human Response will fascinate anyone concerned with the human environment, including scientists and psychologists. It has become a basic reference for architects, teachers, and interior and industrial designers.

Color & human response: Aspects of light and color bearing on the reactions of living things and the welfare of human beings

Van Nostrand-Reinhold Co.

Color & Human Response: Aspects of Light and Color Bearing on the Reactions of Living Things and the Welfare of Human Beings

wiley

A detailed study of the various sources and biological and emotional uses of color in all phases of human existence by a leading researcher in the field

Color Psychology and Color Therapy

Science & Math

Behavioral Sciences

LYLE STUART +

Describes the role of color in ancient religions, discusses vision, auras, painting, color theory, and color in nature, and explains what color preference indicates about one's personality

Color: A Survey in Words and Pictures

Reference

Citadel Pr

Discusses the meanings associated with color in religion, medicine, demonology, mythology, alchemy, astrology, and art

The Symbolism of Color

Religion & Spirituality

New Age & Spirituality

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