Color for Designers: Ninety-five things you need to know when choosing and using colors for layouts and illustrations

by Jim Krause

Overview

In this fundamental guide to understanding and working with colour, bestselling author Jim Krause starts out by explaining to students the basics with an introduction to the color wheel, hue, saturation, value, and more. He then dives deeper into the practical application of colour with instruction on how to alter hues, create palettes, target themes, paint with colour, use digital colour, and accurately output your colourful 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.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780133760262
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	09/24/2014
Series:	Creative Core
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	22 MB
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Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jim Krause has worked as a designer and illustrator since 1982. His clients have included Microsoft, Boeing, Seattle Schools, Washington Apples, and dozens of others. Krause is the author of the books within the  Creative Core  series, and is widely known for his best-selling “Index” titles ( Color Index,  Idea Index,  Design Basics Index , and several others). When he’s not working, Jim Krause can usually be found riding a bicycle or a motorcycle, hiking, drinking good espresso, reading, taking pictures, or doing an art project of some kind.

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