Main entry:

Itten, Johannes, 1888-1967.

Title & Author:

The elements of color : a treatise on the color system of Johannes Itten, based on his book The art of color / edited, and with a foreword and evaluation, by Faber Birren. Translated by Ernst van Hagen.

Publication:

New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. [1970]

Description:

96 pages illustrations (some color), portrait 21 cm

Series:

A Basic color library.

Notes:
"A simplification and condensation of ... The art of color, published in Germany in 1961 [under title: Kunst der Farbe]."
Color physics -- Color agent and color effect -- Concord of colors -- Subjective timbre -- Theory of color design -- The twelve-part color circle -- The seven color contrasts -- Hue -- Light-dark -- Cold-warm -- Complementary -- Simultaneous -- Saturation -- Extension -- Color mixing -- The color sphere -- Color harmony -- Form and color -- Spatial effect of colors -- Theory of color impression -- Theory of color expression -- Composition -- Postscript.

Summary:

Includes color circles, spheres, and scales as well as suggested exercises.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0442240384
9780442240387
0471289299
9780471289296

Subject:

Colors.
Painting Technique.
Color.
Couleur.
Couleurs.
symbolic color.
colors (hues or tints)
color (perceived attribute)
Cor.
Color in art

Added entries:

Birren, Faber, 1900-1988, editor, writer of foreword, writer of added commentary.
Van Hagen, Ernst, translator.
Basic color library.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 101786
Call No.: ID GDER; ID:85-B15813
Status: Available