Creative color : a dynamic approach for artists and designers
Entry/Object ID
NK1548.B5 1987
Description
"The author demonstrates in Creative Color his exciting thesis: A knowledge of perception is the springboard to a far more inventive use of color in art today. By following Creative Color and performing the interesting experiments at the end of every chapter, you learn how to produce--consistently--effects that artists have rarely achieved, and then only by intuition, accident or painful trial-and-error. The illustrations are not meant to be art. They are experiments in producing color effects according to known principles of perception. If such striking effects can be achieved without the slightest attempt of art, think how much more the artist can do with the same knowledge! The author has usefully included a list of Numsell-coded palettes by which his extraordinary color effects may be precisely duplicated."
Acquisition
Source (if not Accessioned)
Marilyn Botjer
Notes
Gift of Marilyn Botjer, July 2025.
Lexicon
Search Terms
color in art, painting--technique
Legacy Lexicon
Category
Book
Book Details
Author
Faber Birren
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Place Published
City
West Chester, PA
Date Published
1987
ISBN
0887400965, 9780887400964
LCCN
87060000
Notes
Length: 128
General Notes
Note Type
Contents
Note
Part I: Prelude to the academic -- Color terms -- Color circles - Color scales -- Uniform chroma scales -- Color organization -- Color mixture -- The elements of harmony -- Color value and sequence -- Analagous harmonies -- Complementary harmonies -- Balanced harmonies -- Dominant harmonies -- Part II: New horizons-perceptionism -- The law of field size -- The lustrous effect -- The iridescent effect -- The luminous effect -- Chromatic light -- Chromatic mist -- Luminosity in mist -- Transparency, texture, solidity -- Highlights and shadows -- Three-dimensional color -- Fixed palettes -- The Faber Birren pallets.
