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"'The Interaction of Colour... has proven key to understanding color relationships and human perception... Anyone who works with color should read Albers' findings, period.' Pamela Pfiffner, MacUser"
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Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color" is a masterwork in twentieth-century art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this timeless book presents Albers' unique ideas of colour experimentation in a way that is valuable to specialists as well as to a larger audience. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 colour plates, "Interaction of Color" first appeared in paperback in 1971, featuring ten representative colour studies chosen by Albers. The paperback has remained in print ever since and remains one of the most influential resources on colour for countless readers. This new paperback edition presents a significantly expanded selection of more than thirty colour studies alongside Albers' original unabridged text, demonstrating such principles as colour relativity, intensity, and temperature; vibrating and vanishing boundaries; and the illusion of transparency and reversed grounds. In a larger format and with enhanced production values, this expanded edition celebrates the unique authority of Albers' contribution to colour theory and brings the artist's iconic study to an eager new generation of readers.
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If one says "Red" (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. Read the first page
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If one says "Red" (the name of a color) and there are 50 people listening, it can be expected that there will be 50 reds in their minds. Read the first page
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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
While other books on colour theory such as Itten's "The Elements of Colour" and Birren's "Principles of Color" present colour theory in a way that can be read and put down, reading these books won't train your eye. Spending time on Josef Albers' book will acquaint you with colour to a degree you wouldn't have thought possible.
To profit from this book you have to be willing to put in the time to do the colour experiments for yourself but the effort is worth it. The only drawback with the book is that I found the text isn't all that easy to follow at times and there aren't an awful lot of illustrations to help explain what's in the text.
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I brought this book for research into colour theory, for use at University. Actually being a computing student, looking for the first time at human interaction, this book really did open my eyes about how much there is to this subject. There are various DIY experiments explained in the book, but in my opinion, some of theories into how we interact with colour are far more interesting.
I would say that this is an interesting (although small) book, by any standards, and is certainly not just useful for studies.
I would say that this is an interesting (although small) book, by any standards, and is certainly not just useful for studies.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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this for me is a work book, a book with exercises that one has to work through to get the knowledge it presents.
Excellent!
One needs a fairly wide selection of coloured papers to do the exercises. But that shouldn't be too hard to fint. Get coloured papers for kids and add some samples from magazines - there you are.
A good thing about Albers examples, is he recommends using papers, not paint. this means you don't have to be a painter to understand and work with. Albers colour theory
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One needs a fairly wide selection of coloured papers to do the exercises. But that shouldn't be too hard to fint. Get coloured papers for kids and add some samples from magazines - there you are.
A good thing about Albers examples, is he recommends using papers, not paint. this means you don't have to be a painter to understand and work with. Albers colour theory
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Not for the beginner!
I purchased this book having heard much hype about it from fellow artists over the years, however I found it quite hard to understand some concepts and found myself re-reading many... Read more
Published 9 months ago by CharlieByrd
Albers. Interaction of colour
A very useful and fascinating insight to the teaching of Albers. Well illustrated with examples that show how colours interact with each other. Read more
Published on 22 Sep 2009 by Timothy N. Mason
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