The elements of color : a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten, based on his book The art of color /

The elements of color : a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten, based on his book The art of color / edited and with a foreword and evaluation by Faber Birren ; translated by Ernst van Hagen.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967.
Other Authors: Birren, Faber, 1900-1988 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : John Wiley & Sons, [2003]
Subjects:
Colors.
Painting > Technique.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword and evaluation / Faber Birren
  • Introduction
  • Color physics
  • Color agent and color effect
  • Concord of colors
  • Subjective timbre
  • Theory of color design
  • The twelve-part color circle
  • The seven color contrasts
  • Hue
  • Light-dark
  • Cold-warm
  • Complementary
  • Simultaneous
  • Saturation
  • Extension
  • Color mixing
  • The color sphere
  • Color harmony
  • Form and color
  • Spatial effect of colors
  • Theory of color impression
  • Theory of color expression
  • Composition
  • Postscript.

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