COLOR: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors

Betty Edwards

Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin Inc., New York, USA

Year 2004

Pages 223

This guide distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations. Using techniques tested and honed the author provides a basic understanding of how to see color, how to use it, and – for those involved in art, painting, or design – how to mix and combine hues. Including more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, this volume explains how to: see what is really there rather than what you “know” in your mind about colored objects; perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another; manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites; balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting; understand the psychology of color; harmonize color in your surroundings.