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Colour : a workshop for artists and designers / David Hornung.

By: Hornung, David, 1950-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Laurence King, 2005Description: 168 p : col. ill. ; 26 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 1856694194; 9781856694193.Subject(s): Color in art | Color in designDDC classification: 701.85
Contents:
Introduction -- Part One: Seeing color -- Color overtones and the primary triad -- A co-primary triad -- The influence of light on reflected color -- Part Two: First Principles -- About color terminology -- The structure of color -- Hue -- Value -- Saturation -- Three-Dimensional color applications -- Part Three: Beginning color studies -- Workshop materials list -- Preparation for painted studies -- Practical guidelines for the studies -- Free studies -- Part Four: Color Interaction -- Afterimages -- Optical mixing -- Josef Albers -- Free studies -- Part Five: Applications -- Tonal progression -- Transparency -- Retinal studies -- Free studies -- Part Six: Color Unity -- Color relationships -- Unifying strategies for color mixing -- Color anomaly -- Free studies -- Part Seven: Color research -- Sources -- Color inventories -- Color analysis -- Free studies -- Part Eight: The psychological experience of color -- Color: Symbol or Analogue? -- Free studies -- Part Nine: Color studies on the computer -- Mixing colors with sliders -- Making color studies.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 701.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00115799
General lending MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending 701.85 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Checked out 13/11/2026 00056039
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Demystifying its subject for professionals and students alike, this title inspires confidence in colour's application to graphic design, illustration, painting, textile art, and textile design.

Bibliography: (page 164) and index.

Introduction -- Part One: Seeing color -- Color overtones and the primary triad -- A co-primary triad -- The influence of light on reflected color -- Part Two: First Principles -- About color terminology -- The structure of color -- Hue -- Value -- Saturation -- Three-Dimensional color applications -- Part Three: Beginning color studies -- Workshop materials list -- Preparation for painted studies -- Practical guidelines for the studies -- Free studies -- Part Four: Color Interaction -- Afterimages -- Optical mixing -- Josef Albers -- Free studies -- Part Five: Applications -- Tonal progression -- Transparency -- Retinal studies -- Free studies -- Part Six: Color Unity -- Color relationships -- Unifying strategies for color mixing -- Color anomaly -- Free studies -- Part Seven: Color research -- Sources -- Color inventories -- Color analysis -- Free studies -- Part Eight: The psychological experience of color -- Color: Symbol or Analogue? -- Free studies -- Part Nine: Color studies on the computer -- Mixing colors with sliders -- Making color studies.

MTU Cork Module ARTS7059 - Recommended reading.