This basic textbook for artists and designers explores the aesthetics and use of colour in all media. It summarizes the various colour theories of Newton, Munsell, Ostward, Chevreul and others, reproducing their colour wheels and systems. It differentiates between colour and light, dyes and pigments and discusses psychological and compositional effects. It includes sections on mixing paints, ceramic glazes, printing and photography, fibre, dyes, video, computer graphics, laser art, holography and recent developments in fine art and applied design.
- ISBN10 0906969948
- ISBN13 9780906969946
- Publish Date 23 February 1989
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 24 November 1998
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Herbert Press Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 144
- Language English