| Description |
96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait ; 21 cm |
| Series |
A Basic color library |
| Contents |
Foreword and evaluation by Faber Birren--Introduction--Color physics--Color agent and color effect--Concord of colors--Subjective timbre--Theory of color design--The twelve-part color circle--The seven color contracts: Hue, Light-Dark, Cold-Warm, Complementary, Simultaneous, Saturation, Extension--Color mixing--The color sphere--Color harmony--Form and color--Spatial effect of colors--Theory of color impression--Theory of color expression--Composition--Postscript |
| Notes |
"A simplification and condensation of ... The art of color, published in Germany in 1961 [under title: Kunst der Farbe]"--FOREWORD |
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"Published in the United States of America in 1970 by Van Nostrand Reinhold Company ... "--Verso t.p |
| Subject |
Art -- Color.
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Color.
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Colors.
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Painting -- Technique.
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| Author |
Birren, Faber, 1900-1988, editor
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| LC no. |
77124314 |
| ISBN |
0442240384 |
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0471289299 |
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