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The elements of color; a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten, based on his book The art of color. Edited, and with a foreword and evaluation, by Faber Birren. Translated by Ernst van Hagen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Series: A Basic color libraryPublication details: New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [1970]Description: 96 p. illus. (part col.), port. 21 cmISBN:
  • 0442240384
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 701.8
LOC classification:
  • ND1493.I8 I813 1970
Contents:
Color physics -- Color agent and color effect -- Concord of colors -- Subjective timbre -- Theory of color design -- The twelve-part color circle -- The seven color contrasts -- 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.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks ND1493.I8I813 1970 1 Available 33710000402193

"A simplification and condensation of ... The art of color, published in Germany in 1961 [under title: Kunst der Farbe]"

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Color physics -- Color agent and color effect -- Concord of colors -- Subjective timbre -- Theory of color design -- The twelve-part color circle -- The seven color contrasts -- 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.