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Artist's Little Book of Color
"Highly recommended for public libraries."
--Library Journal "It's hard to imagine a more comprehensive look at color scheme possibilities."
--Los Angeles Times Artist's Little Book of Color is a comprehensive and practical guide to the world of color packed with useful information on all aspects of color. The first half of the book is organized into chapters on each of the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. The author combines color history, composition and attributes, mythology, science, botany, chemistry and synthetic colors, and tells engaging stories about the great artists and their use of color. The second half of the book is information on pigment standards, color terminology and the mixing of colors. It features an extensive 450-color index and a guide to suppliers, a useful resource for anyone working with color. The color index is laid out with 12 colors per page, each identified by name and manufacturer, including product numbers. Artist's Little Book of Color is a handy and attractive guide to the fascinating world of color and an essential sourcebook for artists, designers, art students and teachers.
--Library Journal "It's hard to imagine a more comprehensive look at color scheme possibilities."
--Los Angeles Times Artist's Little Book of Color is a comprehensive and practical guide to the world of color packed with useful information on all aspects of color. The first half of the book is organized into chapters on each of the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. The author combines color history, composition and attributes, mythology, science, botany, chemistry and synthetic colors, and tells engaging stories about the great artists and their use of color. The second half of the book is information on pigment standards, color terminology and the mixing of colors. It features an extensive 450-color index and a guide to suppliers, a useful resource for anyone working with color. The color index is laid out with 12 colors per page, each identified by name and manufacturer, including product numbers. Artist's Little Book of Color is a handy and attractive guide to the fascinating world of color and an essential sourcebook for artists, designers, art students and teachers.
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128 pages, Paperback
First published August 15, 2008
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October 9, 2021
"Fascinating facts" is a stretch, but there are some small nuggets of knowledge here and there. With a little more research this could've been done better so that the color index isn't the only thing that people will reuse.
February 22, 2010
I buy lots of tubes of artist's colors - watercolors, acrylic and some oils. It can be expensive, and the names of the colors vary from manufacturer to manufacturer. This little book takes away some of the confusion. There is lots of information here, about the history of various colors, how they are manufactured now, all sorts of interesting and useful information.
January 22, 2016
A good resource I will dip into again and again as I delve deeper into the world of paints.
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