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  4. Color Theory
  5. Science of Color

Color Theory: Science of Color

  • History
  • Artists and Color
  • Science of Color
  • Paint & Pigments
  • Dartmouth College Color
  • Art & Architecture Research Guide

Science & Theory of Color

  • Atlas of the Munsell color system by Munsell, A. H. (Albert Henry)
    Call Number: 763 M927a
    Publication Date: 1915
    Art Special Collection
  • Color standards and color nomenclature by Robert Ridgeway
    Call Number: QC495 .R5
    Publication Date: 1912
    Art Special Collection
  • The elements of color ; a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten
    Call Number: ND1493.I8 I813 1970
    Publication Date: 1970
  • Goethe's color theory
    Call Number: QC495 .G4813 1971
    Publication Date: 1971
  • Interaction of color by Josef Albers
    Call Number: 763 A332i
    Publication Date: 1963
    Art Special Collection
  • Interaction of color online
    The A&AePortal version of the Interaction of Color is based on the 2013 edition, and includes original video commentary by experts explaining Albers's principles in some of the color exercises featured in the book.
  • De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs by Michel Chevreul
    Call Number: ND1280 .C53 1889
    Publication Date: 1889
    Art Special Collection
  • Pantone Book of Color by Leatrice Eiseman; Lawrence Herbert
    Call Number: QC494.2 .E36 1990
    ISBN: 9780810937116
    Publication Date: 1990
    ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • Werner's nomenclature of colours
    Call Number: 763 W495w
    Publication Date: 1821
    Art Special Collection
  • Werner's nomenclature of colour online
    A recreation of the original 1821 color guidebook with new cross references, photographic examples, and posters designed by Nicholas Rougeux
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