| Description |
1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Why Dummies? -- Knowing the four c's of color -- 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 -- Appreciating the history of color -- Talking about color -- Why Is Color So Slippery? -- Seeing color in context -- Getting to know color contrasts -- Dealing with dynamic color -- A Colorist's World |
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A limited palette is a powerful palette -- Meaningful color -- Ways of Working with Color -- Getting systematic with color -- Colorful mediums -- My Colorful Part of Tens -- Saying hello to a colorful crew -- Getting your hands dirty with color -- 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 -- Defining light and color -- Understanding why things are colorful |
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Subtractive and additive color models -- Biological Aspects of Color Perception -- The human eye -- Photoreceptor cells -- Color in the brain -- The Subjectivity of Color Perception -- Addressing "the dress" -- Color vision deficiencies -- Synesthesia -- Other factors that affect color perception -- Chapter 4 The Language of Color -- Talking about Color with the Right Words -- Value: Gray is not a color! -- Hues: Colors from the wheel -- Tints: Not just pastels -- Tones: Dull is not boring -- Shades: Black is beautiful! -- The dimension of color: puce -- Using Colorful Language |
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Getting creative with fancy color words -- Describing color with adjectives -- Developing your color vocabulary -- Outliers and Oddballs -- Fluorescent colors: Ack! My eyes! -- Metallics: Color with shine -- Part 2 Examining Color Relationships -- Chapter 5 The Relativity of Color -- Seeing How Value Changes with Context -- Exercise #1: working with a dark gray -- Exercise #2: working with a light gray -- Seeing How Color Changes with Context -- Exercise #3: the flushing effect -- Exercise #4: simultaneous contrast -- Exercise #5: light intensity -- Exercise #6: flickering boundaries |
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Exercise #7: optical color mixing (Bezold effect) -- Exercise #8: after image -- Worksheet for exercise #1 -- Worksheet for exercise #2 -- Worksheet for exercise #3 -- First worksheet for exercise #4 -- Second worksheet for exercise #4 -- Third worksheet for exercise #4 -- First worksheet for exercise #5 -- Second worksheet for exercise #5 -- 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 |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Feeling a Color's Weight |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781119892298 |
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1119892295 |
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