Books:
(recommended reading)
| This book is an original classic. Written by Bauhaus professor Johannes Itten, it proved to be a groundbreaking influence for generations of artists and designers. Many of the color concepts that are nowadays taken for granted, were first explained in this book. Since the days of Itten the world has moved forward quite a bit, but his work remains a standard in the world of color. | |
| Another classic. Covering the meaning and practice of color from antiquity to modern days, this book is an invaluable source of information. | |
| The title promises more than the book delivers. It is obviously not complete, because no book about color is. Nevertheless, it does skim the surface of everything related to color in a very attractive and clear way. I wouldn’t know a better book to serve as an introduction into the world of color. | |
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Color management is the art of keeping colors consistent across a digital workflow. It is basically about being able to print the same colors as you see on screen. Real World Color Management is by far the best book on the subject that I know of. Personally I’ve been a huge fan of the work of Fred Bunting ever since he wrote the invaluable Colortron Manual in the early nineties. It is the only manual ever in my bookcase which lasts a heck of a lot longer than the piece of equipment it originally came with. |
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I very much enjoyed this book. Finlay is an explorer into the world of color history and pigments. She traveled for example to Latin-America to discover the tears of a snail, and went into |
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| Gerritsen offers an interesting overview of color theory and proposes his own model of color perception. | |
| This book ventures into the field of what is generally known as ‘color psychology’. Mahnke explores how people respond to certain colors. Allthough I find myself disagreeing with Mahnke here and there, the book is quite balanced and nuanced. Mahnke apparently doesn't belong to the hordes of self-appointed ‘color psychologists’ who offer gross generalisations based on flawed research. | |
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From the preface: “The purpose of this book is to demonstrate and discuss the methods of color planning and design for architecture, interiors and urban space.” That’s exctly what Linton did and did it well. |
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| This book consists of a loose bundle of extremely sharp and illuminating observations on color. It is one of my all-time favourites. If you pick up this book you need to prepare for some mind boggling and thought provoking remarks on color | |
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Lenclos is a french color expert who specializes in exploring local colors. In other words: he researches how and why people use certain colors in certain locations in relation to architecture. This book is an invaluable resource if you’re into architectural color design. Lenclos also wrote books about the colors of |
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