Color Theory For Dummies

Color theory is the art and science of using color. Color Theory For Dummies explains, in simple terms, how colors relate to one another and how they can be combined to work together in an aesthetically pleasing way. An understanding of color theory can help you create art, decorate your home, design a beautiful wedding, and impress your friends at parties. With this book, you’ll learn how humans perceive color, how colors harmonize or clash with each other, and how you can apply these principles in your life and work to add a little, well, color to things.

• Discover the history and science behind how we see colors
• Understand how colors mix, match, and contrast so you can create better color combinations
• Learn how certain colors have the ability to affect how we feel and think
• Apply color theory to design, art, décor, photography, and beyond

Color Theory For Dummies simplifies and illuminates the world of color theory, outlining and defining color in a digestible and applicable way.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Opening Your Eyes to Color

CHAPTER 1: Your Color Journey

CHAPTER 2: History of Color

CHAPTER 3: The Science of Color

CHAPTER 4: The Language of Color

Part 2: Examining Color Relationships

CHAPTER 5: The Relativity of Color

CHAPTER 6: Contrasts of Color

CHAPTER 7: Color Dynamics

Part 3: Coloring Your World

CHAPTER 8: Color Palettes

CHAPTER 9: Using Color to Convey Meaning

Part 4: Color at Work

CHAPTER 10: Systems of Color

CHAPTER 11: Creating with Color

Part 5: The Part of Tens

CHAPTER 12: Ten Colorful Careers

CHAPTER 13: Tens Ways to Kickstart Your Color Creativity

About the Author

Eric Hibit, is a visual artist who has taught studio art at The Cooper Union, Drexel University, Tyler School of Art, and Hunter College. He attended Corcoran College of Art + Design and Yale University School of Art. He has exhibited at numerous New York galleries, as well as nationally and internationally. Hibit is co-director of Ortega y Gasset Projects, a non-profit art gallery in Brooklyn, NY.