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Color for Designers: Ninety-five things you need to know when choosing and using colors for layouts and illustrations
- By Jim Krause
- Published Sep 17, 2014 by New Riders. Part of the Creative Core series.
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Description
- Copyright 2014
- Dimensions: 8-1/2" x 8-1/2"
- Pages: 240
- Edition: 1st
- eBook
- ISBN-10: 0-13-376025-1
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-376025-5
Most of today’s books on color lean in one of two directions: toward heavy-handed theory-speak or toward ready-to-use palettes that will likely be out-of-step before the book has received its first coffee stain. Color For Designers leans in neither direction, instead choosing to simply tell it like it is while bringing home the timeless thinking behind effective color selection and palette building.
In this fundamental guide to understanding and working with color, bestselling author Jim Krause starts out by explaining the basics with an introduction to the color wheel, hue, saturation, value, and more. He then dives deeper into the practical application of color with instruction on how to alter hues, create palettes, target themes, paint with color, use digital color, and accurately output your colorful creations to print.
The book is set up in easy-to-digest spreads that are straight-to-the-point, fun to read, and delightfully visual. Color For Designers–releasing on the heels of its companion volume, Visual Design–is the second book in the New Riders Creative Core series, which aims to provide instruction on the fundamental concepts and techniques that all designers must master to become skilled professionals.
Sample Content
Table of Contents
1 Color 101
2 Value over all
3 Color relationships
4 Building palettes
5 Neutrals
6 Interacting with the eye
7 Illustrations, graphics and photos
8 Conveyances
9 Inspiration and education
10 Digital color
11 Color and print
12 Paint? Paint!
Glossary and Index