Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers
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Linda Holtzschue
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- File Type: PDF
- File Size: 166.2 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 275
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Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers
Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers, Fifth Edition, is a practical guide to color theory for design students and working designers. This digital PDF edition is delivered as an instant download, so you can start reading right after purchase. No physical shipping is involved.
Author Linda Holtzschue explains color study in clear steps, from basic awareness to practical applications. The book covers how light, surfaces, and human vision work together to create color experience.
Book Overview
Understanding Color: An Introduction for Designers by Linda Holtzschue is published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in Hoboken, New Jersey. The fifth edition provides an accessible introduction to color in design. It moves through color-order systems and color study before examining light, lamps, and additive color. Later sections focus on the human element, including perception, physiology, psychology, and color as language.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Why color awareness is the starting point for design work.
- How color-order systems give structure to color study.
- How light, lamps, and additive color affect what we see.
- How colorants, surface, and other materials modify color.
- How human vision, perception, and physiology shape color experience.
- How color naming and language connect color to meaning.
Why This Book Matters
Color is a central element in design, and this book gives readers clear vocabulary and context for working with it. By combining practical observation with the physics of light and the physiology of vision, it helps designers make thoughtful color choices. Students and professionals in design-related fields will find a solid foundation for further study.
Book Details
| Format | |
|---|---|
| File Size | 166.2 MB |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 275 |
| Author | Linda Holtzschue |
| Edition | Fifth Edition |
| Publisher | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Publication Place | Hoboken, New Jersey |
| Publication Year | 2017 |
| ISBN (Paperback) | 9781118920787 |
| ISBN (PDF) | 9781118920800 |
| ISBN (EPUB) | 9781118920794 |
| LCCN (print) | 2016029123 |
| LCCN (ebook) | 2016029930 |
| Library of Congress Classification | NK1548 |
| DDC | 701′.85—dc23 |
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This is a digital PDF download, so there is no physical shipping. After your purchase, the file is available for immediate access. You can read it on desktop computers, tablets, phones, and e-readers that support PDF files. Popular Kindle apps, Adobe Reader, and similar reading applications are compatible.
FAQ
How do I get the book after purchase? The file is delivered as an instant digital download, so you will have access immediately after checkout.
Will a physical copy be shipped? No. This is a digital product and no physical book, CD, or other item will be mailed.
What devices can I use? The PDF can be opened in any compatible PDF reader on desktop, tablet, smartphone, or e-reader.
Begin your color study with Linda Holtzschue’s introduction for designers. Download the digital edition and start reading today.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| File Size (Bytes) | 174265956 |
|---|---|
| Subjects | Color in design |
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