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Jennings, Simon (Artist)

Artist's color manual : the complete guide to working with color / Simon Jennings.

San Francisco, CA : Chronicle Books, 2003.

192 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Developed by the same team that created "Artist's Manual"and "Art Class," both top-selling art reference books, "Artist's Color Manual" is the ultimate guide to color for visual artists.

Color in art.

Colors.

Color manual

Includes bibliographical references (page 187) and index.

1. What is color? -- Pigments in history -- Pigment standards -- Optical illusions -- The four-color process -- Optical color mixing -- Colors of the spectrum -- Additive and subtractive color -- The basic color wheel -- Color in action -- Choosing media -- Oil colors -- Watercolors -- Acrylic colors -- Gouache & egg tempera -- Pastel & colored pencils -- Mediums -- Media in action -- Choosing palettes -- Color language -- Interpreting color -- 2. Color by color. -- Color by color -- Blue -- Turquoise -- Violet -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- Yellow Ochre -- Green Earth -- Green -- Brown and Red Earth -- Blacks and darks -- Gray -- White -- Metallic and special-effect colors -- Flesh colors -- 3. Creative Directions. -- Creative directions -- Watercolor: straight and mixed -- Subdued colors -- Working without black -- Fast color for flesh -- A seven-color palette -- Renaissance skin tones -- Massive color in oils -- Rich color from acrylics -- Transparency and luminosity -- Color contained -- Broken color -- Painting with nonart colors -- Colors from the mail -- Colors for free -- Traveling color -- Color on cloth -- Smooth color -- Dry color and line -- Color Index & Reference Section. -- Color index -- Guide to main suppliers -- Glossary of terms -- Bibliography and further reading -- Index.

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