Overview

Color Workbook presents a wide-ranging overview of color theory and design combined with student activities that reinforce color concepts through hands-on experience.  The formal and content-oriented approach to color covered in the workbooks allows students to use color both technically and as an expressive tool.   As an artist and an art educator, Becky Koenig teaches color theory and applies these color concepts in her painting practice.  This text conveys the history, theoretical concepts and use of color in art and design, through a variety of color systems, rather than a singular viewpoint.  The workbook covers the expanding field of electronic color and discusses color in terms of art history and contemporary art.  It includes a variety of student activities that have proved successful in the classroom

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Author:   Becky Koenig
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 27.60cm
Weight:   0.701kg
ISBN:  

9780205656394

ISBN 10:   0205656390
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   16 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Replaced By:   9780205255948
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.

Table of Contents

Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Notes on Materials xiii PART ONE COLOR STUDY 1 Chapter 1 The Nature of Color: Color Physics and Perception 1 Introduction 1 Color Physics 2 Electromagnetic Spectrum 3 Primary Colors of Light 4 Additive Color System 4 Color Perception 6 Additive Color Media 8 Subtractive Color System 9 Subtractive Primary Colors 10 The Relationship of Additive and Subtractive Color 12 Complementary Colors 13 Local and Relative Color 15 Activities 15 Chapter 2 The Color Circle and Color Systems: An Exploration 17 Introduction 17 Color Circles and Systems-A Brief History 17 Color Circles-A Rationale 23 The Traditional Subtractive Color Circle 24 Hues-Components of a Color Circle 26 Achromatics and the Color Circle 26 Hue Contrast 27 Hue Relationships on the Color Circle 28 Hue Values 28 Color Temperature 28 Color Harmony 30 Color Families 30 Color Opposites 31 Color Chords 32 Color Proportion 32 Activities 33 Chapter 3 Attributes of Color 36 Introduction 36 Hue 36 Hue Names 36 Hue Standards 37 Hue Identification-Base Hues 37 Hue Variation 39 Value 39 Value Scales: Tints and Shades 40 Inherent Value of Hues 40 Value Keys 42 Saturation 43 Saturation and Value 43 Systems of Color Saturation-Color Solids 43 Methods to Vary Color Saturation 46 Saturation Keys 49 Activities 49 Chapter 4 Color Interaction 54 Introduction 54 Color Relativity-Chevereul and Albers 54 Simultaneous Contrast 54 Afterimage 56 Albers and Color Interaction 58 Color Relativity-Principles of Color Interaction 59 Optical Mixtures 65 Color Mixing Discs 66 Broken Color 67 Optical Mixtures of Pigmented Color 67 Other Types of Color Interaction 69 The Bezold Effect 69 Color Dominance 71 Color Transparency 71 Actual Transparency 71 Simulated Transparency 72 Activities 73 Chapter 5 The Materials of Color 78 Introduction 78 Physical Color Materials 78 Pigmented Materials 78 Types of Pigment 79 Vehicles and Binders 80 Opaque and Transparent Media 82 Colorfastness of Artist's Materials 82 Student- and Professional-Grade Colors 83 Painting Media 84 Inks and Dyes 89 Process Materials 90 Color Photography 90 Digital Photography 92 Color Printing 92 Color Reproduction 94 Activity 98 Chapter 6 Computer Color 99 Introduction 99 Computer Color Basics 99 The Color Monitor 100 Bit Depth 100 Bitmap and Vector-Based Programs 101 Bitmap 101 Vector 101 Types of Digital Software 102 Types of Image Files 103 Computer Tools 103 Toolbox 103 Filters 103 Layers 108 Computer Color 108 Swatch Palette 113 Using Computer Color 113 Color Theory and Computer Design 113 To Pick and Apply Color 114 Computer Color Printing 116 Color Management 116 Activities 117 PART TWO DESIGNING WITH COLOR 121 Chapter 7 The Elements of Design 121 Introduction 121 The Abstract Concepts of Design 121 The Picture Plane 122 Design Elements 122 Line 122 Shape 123 Space and Form 127 Ways to Create Space 128 Linear Perspective 129 Value 131 Texture 132 Activities 133 Chapter 8 The Principles of Design 137 Introduction 137 Order and Chaos 137 Gestalt Theory in Design 138 Design Principle-Unity 139 Ways to Create Unity 140 Economy 142 Design Principle-Emphasis 142 Ways to Create Emphasis 143 Design Principle-Balance 145 Symmetry 146 Asymmetrical Balance 147 Crystallographic and Radial Balance 148 Design Principles-Proportion and Scale 149 Design Principles-Movement and Rhythm 149 Movement 149 Rhythm 150 Activities 151 Chapter 9 Color Schemes and Harmonies 156 Introduction 156 Simple Color Harmonies 156 Achromatic Harmony 157 Monochromatic Harmony 157 Analogous Harmony 158 Contrasting or Opposing Harmonies 158 Complementary or Dyad Harmony 159 Cool/Warm Color Harmony 160 Double Complement Harmony 161 Split Complementary Harmony 161 Balanced Color Harmonies 163 Triadic Harmony 163 Tetrad Harmony 165 Keyed Color Harmonies 166 Informal Color Harmonies 166 Activities 169 Chapter 10 Designing with Color 173 Introduction 173 Color Unity 173 Color Repetition 173 Consistent Color Key or Temperature 174 Color Continuity 175 Color Similarity, Proportion, and Distribution 175 Color Emphasis 175 Color Contrast 175 Unique Color 179 Color Gradation 179 Color Balance 179 Relative Weight of Colors 179 Asymmetrical Color Balance 180 Color and Symmetry 181 Radial Color Balance 181 Color to Depict Form, Light, and Space 182 Color Value and Spatial Illusion 182 Form and Color 182 Color and Light 182 Color and Space 185 Light and Color Atmosphere in Abstraction 187 Color Rhythm and Movement 187 Activities 189 Chapter 11 Expressive Color 192 Introduction 192 Color Psychology 192 Color Symbols 195 Environmental Color 196 Color Harmony Versus Color Discord 197 Color Preference 198 Color Expression 199 Free-Form Color Harmony 200 Thematic Color 202 Activities 208 Chapter 12 Color in Art 211 Introduction 211 Reflected Light-Mosaics 211 Primacy of Form-The Renaissance 212 Renaissance Frescos-Massacio 212 Light and Movement-The Baroque 214 Caravaggio 214 Poetry in Color-Romantic Period 215 Joseph Mallord Turner 215 Time and Place-Impressionism 216 Claude Monet 216 Simple Elegance-Japanese Art 217 Woodblock Prints 217 Color Expression-Neoimpressionism 218 Van Gogh and Gauguin 218 Fauvism and Beyond 219 Henri Matisse 219 Movement in Space-Futurism 220 Balla 220 Color Utopians-Modernism and Purism 221 Le Corbusier 221 The Delaunays 222 Pierre Bonnard-Premier Colorist 222 Inner Light-Abstract Expressionism 223 Helen Frankenthaler 223 Commercial Color and Culture 224 Andy Warhol 224 Light Reflected-Minimalism and Beyond 225 Color and Concept Yves Klein 225 Dan Flavin 226 Pigment and Ritual-Anish Kapoor 227 Color in Installation and Image 226 Jennifer Steinkamp 226 Color in Light and Space 229 David Batchelor and Jim Lambie 229 Glossary 230 Bibliography 236 Index 239

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