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Color Theory and Applications

Colour theory covers a long history from antiquity to modern times. It includes academic and scientific investigations into how we see and understand colour. It also includes practical applications for using colour in creative work. This learning resource covers the history of colour theory, how we see colour, and how to use colour systems to mix colour and create colour relationships.

Humanities
Author
Melissa Delaney
Publisher
Coalinga College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
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Contents· 50 sections
  1. 01: PART 1- A Brief History of Color
  2. 1.01: Introduction
  3. 1.02: History of Colour Theory
  4. 1.03: Cultural Interpretations
  5. 1.04: Colour Aesthetics
  6. 02: PART 2- The Visible Spectrum
  7. 2.01: Introduction
  8. 2.02: The Physics of Light and Colour
  9. 2.03: Colour in Chemistry
  10. 2.04: The Eye- How We See Colour
  11. 03: PART 3- Applications with Color
  12. 3.01: Introduction
  13. 3.02: Additive and Subtractive Colour
  14. 3.03: Colour Systems- Digital
  15. 3.04: Colour Systems- Printing
  16. 3.05: Colour Systems- Pigments and Dyes
  17. 3.06: Colour Wheels and Relationships
  18. 3.07: Color Terms
  19. 04: PART 4- Color in Modern and Contemporary Art
  20. 4.01: Impressionism
  21. 4.02: Post-Impressionism
  22. 4.03: Fauvism Expressionism
  23. 4.04: Mark Rothko
  24. 4.4.01: No. 210 No. 211 (Orange) 1960
  25. 4.4.02: No. 3 No. 13
  26. 4.4.03: The Case for Mark Rothko
  27. 4.4.04: Mark Rothko (at MoMA)
  28. 4.4.05: Restoring Rothko
  29. 4.05: Color Field (1950s-1960s)
  30. 4.06: Barnett Newman
  31. 4.6.01: Onement I
  32. 4.6.02: Barnett Newman at MoMA
  33. 4.6.03: The Painting Techniques of Barnett Newman
  34. 4.6.04: Representation and abstraction- looking at Millais and Newman
  35. 4.07: Op Art (1960s 1970s)
  36. 4.08: Tessellations
  37. 4.8.01: Exercises
  38. 4.09: Kinetic Art (1950s 1960s)
  39. 4.10: Global Concerns
  40. 4.10.01: Global cultures (1980 - now)
  41. 4.10.1.01: A beginner's guide
  42. 4.10.1.02: Appropriation and ideological critique
  43. 4.10.1.03: Identity and the body
  44. 4.10.1.04: Banality and Kitsch
  45. 4.10.1.05: Ritual spirituality and transcendence
  46. 4.10.1.06: Histories real and imagined
  47. 4.11: Yayoi Kusama
  48. 4.11.01: Narcissus Garden
  49. 4.11.02: Yayoi Kusama (Tate)
  50. 05: Digital Technology and Art of the 21st Century