Ten Ways to Color

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Ten Ways to Color is written by Kenneth Burchett and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1735044261 (ISBN 10) and 9781735044262 (ISBN 13).

Ten Ways to Color. This book is a source book of color ideas based on ten methods of achieving color design that demonstrate the most common practices of color in art. Timbre covers the visually abstract aspect of color influenced by hue, value, intensity, or the quality of a color produced by a combination of physical color characteristics. Reduction exploits the three dimensions of color by isolating the unique qualities of each dimension to engage the eye through simplification. Configuration refers to the general overall design and manipulation of pictorial factors that modify the interrelationship of colors through the influence of shape or by the proximity of colors to each other. Tone describes the unique feeling of an individual color or group of colors to anticipate certain psychological attitudes with which the viewer may identify. Interaction means that no single color exists in and of itself. The perceived visual qualities of one color depend on influences from other colors. Area is a reference to the dependency of color design on the amounts, or proportions, of color and may refer to the absolute scale of the color areas or to the relative size of the color field. Order refers to visual intervals of color appearance represented by uniformly scaled points in a color system. It refers to any combination of colors selected according to an orderly plan. Similarity describes a group of colors or groups of color combinations perceived as having something in common, colors that are more or less alike due to a predominant hue, value, intensity, or other color attribute. Association is a social concept of likes and dislikes based on the personal experience and innate perceptiveness of the viewer based on symbolism and traditional color associations of local color. Synergism is the joining of different color attributes to produce a color experience that transcends the individual color components and achieves higher levels of visual satisfaction than color attributes separately can attain. More than 232 illustrations by 87 artists with analyses of each work to describe its application to a specific color design method. Bibliography, glossary, index.