The Complete Color Harmony: Deluxe Edition

Expert Color Information for Professional Color Results

Tina Sutton

• Publisher: Rockport Publishers
• Year: 2024
• ISBN:
  9780760392584
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art Theory & Criticism

This premium anniversary edition of The Complete Color Harmon y gives you the color explorations, insights, and palettes from the original version in a deluxe new package. First published in 1983 and now an essential reference for designers, The Complete Color Harmony was the first book published by the acclaimed design publisher Rockport Publishers. This special version of the classic reference celebrates Rockport's 40th anniversary. Get an introduction tousing the color wheeland discover thekey aspects of color, such as warm, cool, pale, and bright. Then, delve intomoods and colorand see how a wide variety of palettes can come across as earthy, powerful, regal, calm, dependable, and more. In this book you'll discover:

• Hundreds oforganized color palettesthat can be used for a variety of art and design projects.
• Why certain colors attract.
• How colors evoke certain moods.
• Advice on choosingthe best colors to work with.
• ACMYK process color chartandcolor swatchesto make choosing colors and palettes easy.

With all the expert information in this convenient portable guide, you'll feel confident in every color choice.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Contents
• Foreword
• Introduction
• The Color Wheel
• How to Use Color
• The Color Chart
• The Process
• Aspects of Color
• Basic Color Schemes
• What’s Your Color?
• Special Effects for Colors
• Moods and Color
• The Psychology of Color
• Color Trends
• Process Color Conversion Chart
• Color Swatches
• About the Authors
• Photo Credits
• Dedication
• Copyright