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Color Theory Books
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Interaction of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 30 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,029 ratings — published 1971
The Secret Lives of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.01 — 21,089 ratings — published 2016
The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 805 ratings — published 1961
The Elements of Color: A Treatise on the Color System of Johannes Itten Based on His Book the Art of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,985 ratings — published 1961
Color: A Natural History of the Palette (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.80 — 72,480 ratings — published 2003
Theory of Colours (Mit Press)
by (shelved 9 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,081 ratings — published 1810
Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter (Volume 2) (James Gurney Art)
by (shelved 6 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.09 — 18,898 ratings — published 2010
Color: A Course in Mastering the Art of Mixing Colors (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,407 ratings — published 2004
Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.32 — 225 ratings — published 2004
Chromophobia (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,210 ratings — published 2000
配色事典―大正・昭和の色彩ノート (青幻舎ビジュアル文庫シリーズ) A Dictionary of Color Combinations
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.67 — 510 ratings — published 2011
Making Color Sing: Practical Lessons in Color and Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.35 — 305 ratings — published
ROY G. BIV: An Exceedingly Surprising Book About Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.34 — 259 ratings — published 2013
Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of Color Theory (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.28 — 407 ratings — published 1989
Color Design Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.92 — 346 ratings — published 2006
Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.25 — 127 ratings — published 1993
Blue: The History of a Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.99 — 1,766 ratings — published 2000
Personal Color: The Definitive Guide to Finding and Wearing Your Best Colors (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.25 — 101 ratings — published 2025
The Color Collector's Handbook: A Journal for Discovering the Colors in Your Everyday (Gifts for Mom, Books about Color)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.13 — 54 ratings — published 1901
Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 443 ratings — published 1814
Exploring Color Workshop (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.54 — 39 ratings — published 2016
Pink Is Not a Color (Color Friends)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.45 — 1,628 ratings — published
Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green: Or, How To Mix the Colour You Really Want-Every Time (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.14 — 273 ratings — published 1989
The Complete Color Harmony, Pantone Edition: Expert Color Information for Professional Results (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.13 — 338 ratings — published 2017
Secret Language of Color: Science, Nature, History, Culture, Beauty of Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, & Violet (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.15 — 520 ratings — published 2013
Color Theory: An Essential Guide to Color--From Basic Principles to Practical Applications (Artist's Library)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.22 — 336 ratings — published 2013
The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colors: and Their Applications to the Arts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.36 — 11 ratings — published 1855
Design Elements: Color Fundamentals (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.53 — 107 ratings — published 2012
The Designer's Dictionary of Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.04 — 365 ratings — published 2017
The Book of Color: The Beginner's Guide to Color Theory (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published
Confident Color: An Artist's Guide To Harmony, Contrast And Unity (Spiral-bound)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.20 — 106 ratings — published 2008
Bluets (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.05 — 56,899 ratings — published 2009
Principles of Color Design: Designing with Electronic Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.74 — 69 ratings — published 1986
Designer's Color Manual: The Complete Guide to Color Theory and Application (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.89 — 66 ratings — published 2004
Pantone: The Twentieth Century in Color (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.21 — 324 ratings — published 2011
The Color Star (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.51 — 37 ratings — published 1985
Color Theory (Watson-Guptill Artist's Library)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.18 — 79 ratings — published 1989
Contemporary Color: Theory and Use (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.63 — 54 ratings — published 2004
Color Workbook (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.59 — 51 ratings — published 2002
Playing with Color: 50 Graphic Experiments for Exploring Color Design Principles (ebook)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.41 — 22 ratings — published 2013
Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Vinyl)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.03 — 582 ratings — published 2002
Pantone Guide to Communicating With Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.08 — 284 ratings — published 2000
On Vision and Colors by Arthur Schopenhauer/Color Sphere by Philipp Otto Runge (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.81 — 32 ratings — published 1994
Color and Meaning: Art, Science, and Symbolism (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.87 — 126 ratings — published 1999
Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,229 ratings — published 1999
Chroma (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.31 — 989 ratings — published 1994
Remarks on Colour (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 3.90 — 717 ratings — published 1950
Color and Fiber (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as color-theory)
avg rating 4.33 — 15 ratings — published 1986
Jinny Beyer's Color Confidence For Quilters (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as color-theory)
avg rating 4.26 — 42 ratings — published 1992
“The vagueness of colorless light and shadow
makes the image capable of everything.”
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makes the image capable of everything.”
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“I have found much value in considering monster theory, color theory, and the history of racial analogies in speculative fiction. However, when we read literary and cultural texts from the perspective of the monster, not the protagonist, we find ourselves in a completely different ballgame. This is why taking a supposedly 'neutral' or 'objective' approach to theorizing the dark fantastic is problematic; the default position is to allow those who are used to seeing themselves as heroic and desired the power and privileged of naming, defining, and delimiting the entire world and everything that is in it. We never notice that monsters, fantastic beasts, and various Dark Others are silenced because we have never been taught the language they speak. Critical race counterstorytelling provides both translation and amplification for these subsumed narratives.”
― The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
― The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games
