Designing with Color

Author: Chris Dorosz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781501303463
Category : Color in design
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
This textbook/workbook trains students' eyes to develop a visual understanding of color and the principles of design through guided observation and engaging activities. Lavishly illustrated with full-color graphics and photos, the book demonstrates how color and other design elements are combined in nature and the visual arts. Part One presents color, the most immediately noticeable element of design. Part Two integrates color with the other design elements and shows how they interact according to the principles of design. Students can apply their learning by completing a series of activities and record their work with photos for future reference.

Principles of Color Design

Author: Wucius Wong
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 9780471287087
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 230

Book Description
Principles of Color Design, Second Edition, continues to provide the beginner with a foundation to develop a personal color sense. Written by Wucius Wong, an internationally recognized fine artist and authority in the design field, this classic book presents principles, theories, and applications simply and elegantly.

Designer's Color Manual

Author: Tom Fraser
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811842105
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description
The eye, the camera's lens, and the computer screen all treat color differently. This important addition to the designer's reference library helps resolve the differences among the numerous media that contemporary designers work with every day. Comprehensive in scope, it brings together key elements of color theory, practice, and application, addressing a wide range of issues specific to graphic design in both print and digital media. Beyond step-by-step techniques for managing color in modern graphic design practice, Designer's Color Manual also addresses topics which help designers understand color in a variety of disciplines, looking at historical color systems, color in art, and the psychology of color, among dozens of other topics. Author and designer Tom Fraser also takes other graphics-related practices into account -- interior design, digital rendering, packaging and merchandise design -- aiding the designer in mastering the far-reaching effects of color in almost any project. Heavily illustrated with over 1,000 color images, Designer's Color Manual addresses an area that's been gray for too long in the full-color world of contemporary design.

A Book of Colors

Author: Shigenobu Kobayashi
Publisher: Kodansha
ISBN: 9780870118005
Category : Color
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
A concise reference that explains the meaning and force of colour with charts and words. A Book of Colors is your guide to discovering, understanding, and using color. Until now, books of color have catered to the specialist. Here at last is a volume for both novice and professional. By arranging color combinations into mood categories-such as Fresh,' 'Urbane,' 'Alluring,' 'Dynamic,' and the like - A Book of Colors penetrates the barriers that have traditionally kept such information in the domain of the trained technician and artist. Precise analytical'

Color by Design

Author: Tim Travis
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500480273
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A beautifully presented survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form, or date . . . but by color. The V&A Book of Color in Design is attractively simple: a celebration and exploration of color, as revealed through objects in the world-class collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Structured by color, it offers fascinating insights into the choices made by designers and makers from across the world and throughout history. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction that considers the history, symbolism, and use of an individual color. Objects—from items of jewelry, textiles, glassware, and ceramics to furniture and more—are reproduced in a visual selection that explores the varied hues of every color. However different objects within each section may be in their detail and meaning, they are united by their common color, revealing surprising connections between them. Throughout, narrative captions bring together disparate items from across the V&A’s collection to explore the universal significance of color in art and design. Beautifully designed, this highly visual, color-led survey of design and the applied arts is a compelling sourcebook with broad appeal for anyone interested or involved in all aspects of visual culture.

Designing with One Color and Two Colors

Author: Maia Francisco
Publisher: Harper Design
ISBN: 9780062004611
Category : Color in design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
How do we overcome the limitations associated with using a palette restricted to one or two colors maximum? What are the tricks and resources employed by some of the best international designers to express complex ideas and concepts without resorting to color? How does color effectively communicate universal messages, transcending language barriers all around the world? Designing with One Color and Two Colors answers these questions and more. A compendium of more than three hundred images of one- and two-tone designs, this book showcases the work of industry innovators. Three-dimensionality, depth, overlays, negative space—all tricks of the trade to overcome limitations with color that, upon closer review, can be used to aesthetic advantage. The designers presented in this book are visionaries, reinterpreting the use of color one tone at a time. Perfect for anyone interested in mastering the design of one and two colors, this book is the ultimate sourcebook of inspiration.

Type & Color

Author: Mark van Wageningen
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1616898828
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 186

Book Description
To create his award-winning multicolored typefaces, Mark van Wageningen first returned to the past for his research: wood-type printing. His subsequent form and color studies led to a series of popular digital typefaces and awards for typographic excellence from the Type Directors Club. In Type & Color, the pioneering typographic designer provides all the tools you will need to participate in the hottest typography trend: designing with multicolored fonts. This manual, aimed at a broad spectrum of graphic design professionals, offers analyses of chromatic type specimens, instructions for multilayer type design, and applications across a range of print and digital media. From display fonts to running text, discover how color can give words expressive new possibilities.

Colour is Home

Author: Charlotte Coote
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781760761561
Category : Interior decoration
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
With Charlotte Coote's confidence in colour, texture and pattern pairings, a whole new way of approaching design is revealed. In this way, the story of the house can be told. In this gorgeously inspirational and effortlessly practical book, Charlotte guides readers through the process of designing a space, from creating the original design brief through to the finished room. Using her five principles of design - timelessness, authenticity, lifestyle, scale and quality - Charlotte shows how to balance comfort and style, light and shadow, colour and neutrals, old and new. Charlotte's bold and decisive style is like a breath of fresh air, with easy-to-follow tips and ideas for wall colours, kitchen finishes, furniture and fabrics to achieve rich and layered interiors. Colour Is Home is the essential stylebook to create a home that will stand the test of time.

Interaction of Color

Author: Josef Albers
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300179359
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 210

Book Description
An experimental approach to the study and teaching of color is comprised of exercises in seeing color action and feeling color relatedness before arriving at color theory.

The Color Scheme Bible

Author: Anna Starmer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781770850934
Category : Color guides
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Describes how colors interact to affect the ambiance and atmosphere of a room.