LibGuides: Design: Color Theory and Design

Color Theory and Design

The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten; Faber Birren (Editor)
Call Number: ND1493.I8 .I91 1970
ISBN: 0442240384
Publication Date: 1970-01-01
Essential resource for Mark Matthews classes at The Studio

Color Theory and Design

“Color...Forecasts and Fascination.” The Glass Bead, v. 16, issue 1 (Winter 2009), pp. 22-23, ill. Overview of the Pantone system for reproducing color. Location: Periodicals NK3650.B362

Florian, Robert and Dominick Labino. "The Color of Glass Dictates Form." Craft Horizons, v. 26, no. 4, July/August 1966, pp. 29-31. Location: Periodicals TT1.C875

De Grandis, Luigina. Theory and use of color. New York: Abrams, 1986. 159 pp. Note: Translation of: Teoria e uso del colore. Location: Stacks: ND1489.D32

Whelan, Bride M. Color harmony 2: a guide to creative color combinations. Rockport, MA: Rockport Publishers; Cincinnati, OH: For distribution by North Light, 1994. 160 pp. Note: Also have #1 by Chijiiwa, Hideaki. 1987.142 pp. (ND1489.C53). Color charts and swatches to aid in matching color. Location: Stacks: ND1489.W56

Weiner, Kay. “Designing with Color: Basic Color Strategies.” Glass Art Magazine, v. 3, no. 6, September/ October 1988, pp. 24-27.

Websites

Colorsystem
59 easy-to-understand, richly illustrated colour theories from the Antiquity to modern times: in short, a complete cultural history of colour written by Prof. Narciso Silvestrini and Prof. Ernst Peter Fischer.
Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History
A chronology of various attempts through the last four centuries to visually organise and make sense of colour. A wide variety of forms and methods are represented: from simple wheels to multi-layered pyramids, from scientific systems to those based on the hues of human emotion.
Goethe’s Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of Colours)
PDF (text in German)
Werner's nomenclature of colours
PDF: German mineralogist named Abraham Gottlob Werner invented a color system, as detailed and thorough a guide as an artist might need. But rather than only cater to the needs of painters, designers, and manufacturers, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours also served the needs of scientists. “Charles Darwin even used the guide,” writes This is Colossal, “during his voyage to the Madeira, Canary, and Cape Verde islands on the H.M.S. Beagle.”