Applying Color Theory to Digital Media and Visualization

by Theresa-Marie Rhyne

This book provides an overview of the application of color theory concepts to digital media and visualization. It highlights specific color concepts like color harmony and shows how to apply the concept with case study examples and usage of actual online and mobile color tools. Color deficiencies are reviewed and discussed are color tools for examining how a specific color map design will look to someone with the deficiency. Other books on color examine artists' use of color, color management, or color science. This book applies fundamental color concepts to digital media and visualization solutions. It is intended for digital media and visualization content creators and developers.

206 pages, Paperback

Published December 5, 2016

About the author

Theresa-Marie Rhyne is an expert in the field of computer-generated visualization and a consultant who specializes in applying artistic color theories to visualization and digital media. She has consulted with the Stanford University Visualization Group on a color suggestion prototype system, the Center for Visualization at the University of California at Davis and the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute at the University of Utah on applying color theory to ensemble data visualization.

Reviews

[Sarah Toton · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a comprehensive book about color. I was mostly interested in looking at how to select color palettes for presentations and data visualizations, which was covered in chapter 6 with a few case studies. All of the preceding chapters provided information (much of it technical) on color theory, color models, and tools available to create color palettes. I would recommend a scan of this book if you are interested in color theory but don’t bother with a cover to cover read, unless it’s your thing.

[Theresa-Marie Rhyne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wrote this book to share my love of color and joy in creating color studies. I hope others enjoy the book.