Colour Choices
Foreword 5
About the Author 7
1 Colour as a Field of Research and Education 9
Colour Research Includes 12
Further Reading 12
2 Our Need for Colour 13
Colour Tells Us Things 13
Colour Beautifies 14
Colour Arouses Feelings 14
What is Colour? 15
Our Colour Perception 16
Different Modes of Appearance 20
Defective Colour Vision 21
Further Reading 22
3 Colour Systems 23
Colour Sample Collections 23
Different Colour Systems 25
Colour Mixing Systems 26
Colour Stimulus System 28
Colour Appearance System 29
Further Reading 32
4 The NCS System 33
The Background History 33
The Origin 34
Structure of the NCS System 35
The NCS Colour Notation 39
The NCS Atlas – An Illustration of the System 40
Further reading 43
5 Colour Combinations 45
Some Colour Theories 45
Complementary Colours 47
NCS Colour Areas/Colour Categories 48
Colour Similarities 53
NCS Lightness Contrast 59
Lightness Contrasts Requirements 60
Border Distinctness and Legibility 61
Colour Compositions 62
Further reading 67
6 Colour Naming 69
Colour and Language 69
Mapping the most Common Colour Words 71
Further Reading 75
7 What Colours Signify 77
Colour Associations 77
Individual, Cultural and General Colour Preferences 78
Meanings and Associations of Colours 82
Further Reading 89
8 The Human Impact of Colour 91
The Influence of Room Colour 92
Colour in Caring Environments 99
Further Reading 103
9 Changeability of Colour Impressions 105
Different Factors to Consider in the Colour Design Process 106
Further Reading 123
10 Colour Inspiration/Practical Examples 125
Greenery at the Forest’s Edge 125
The Colours of Nature 127
A Scandinavian Colour Scale 132
Inspirational Colour Scale from Pompeii 139
Le Corbusier Chromatic “Polychromie Architecturale” 140
Two Colour Schemes from Germany 142
The Colours of Longyearbyen 145
Colours of Rajasthan, India 148
Colour Palettes of William Morris and Joseph Frank 151
Traditional Korean costumes, South Korea 153
Further Reading 154
11 Colour glossary 155
Information
- Författare:
- Berit Bergström
- Översättare:
- Marion Söderström
- Språk:
- Engelska
- ISBN:
- 9789144159836
- Utgivningsår:
- 2022
- Artikelnummer:
- 45318-01
- Upplaga:
- Första
- Sidantal:
- 164