Colour - Intermediate

Basics Design 05: Colour is a guide to the use of colour in graphic design.Colour is used to represent thoughts and emotions in a way that no other element of design can. This book explores in depth what colours mean; their inherent associations and cultural connotations. It then tackles how to control colour in a design in order to achieve a desired effect or to fulfil a specific brief.Starting with the basic principles of colour - how light works, colour wheels, colour combinations and harmonies - the book builds on these principles and explains how the designer can accurately and intentionally control colour.

Product details

• Authors: Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris
• Publisher: Ava Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.05.2007
• EAN: 9782940373314
• ISBN: 978-2-940373-31-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 230 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Basic design; Basic design
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art