The Enjoyment and Use of ColorHere is a wonderful guide for mixing colors to retain full brilliance. Learn to use near-complements and "triads" in design and composition, to relate colors as harmoniously as possible, how to represent sunlight, and much more. 7 color plates, 29 illustrations. |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
COLOR SENSATIONS | 18 |
Mingling of single hues with neutral to show gradations of value | 22 |
COLOR VALUES AND INTENSITIES | 61 |
COMPLEMENTARY COLORS | 104 |
AfterImagesMixtures of Paints Compared with Combinations | 119 |
COMPOSITE COLORS | 133 |
15 | 159 |
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adjacent hues after-image anthocyanin areas artist beauty black and white blue and yellow blue-green blue-violet brilliant brush chlorophyl color circle color combinations color sensations color vision color-blind color-top colored light colors appear Compare complement complementary colors Consequently contrast degree disks duce example experiments eyes flat flowers full intensity give given color glass gradated colors gradations green and violet group of colors GUSTAV STICKLEY harmonious illumination illustrations India ink Lafcadio Hearn Laurence Binyon leaf look match ments middle value mingling mixed mixtures nature nature's near-complements nearly neutral gray objects orange and violet paint painter paper pattern pigments pleasing portion proportions prussian blue pure purple red-orange red-violet reflected light result retina seen shadow side similar sorbs spectrum specular reflection spots subdued surface texture three colors tion tones triad usually values and intensities varying vibrations wash water-colors wave-length white light yellow-green yellowish