Color Matters: Color & Design - Art
Color plays a vitally important role in the world in which we live. Color can sway thinking, change actions, and cause reactions. It can irritate or soothe your eyes, raise your blood pressure or suppress your appetite.
When used in the right ways, color can save on energy consumption. When used in the wrong ways, color can contribute to global pollution.
As a powerful form of communication, color is irreplaceable. Red means "stop" and green means "go." Traffic lights send this universal message. Likewise, the colors used for a product, web site, business card, or logo cause powerful reactions.
Color's pivotal role in design and art. Color Theory
- Who Owns Hues?
- Basic Color Theory
- Color for E-Commerce
- True Color & Metamerism
- Historical Color Matters
- Quirks of the Color Quest
- Color, the Chameleon of the Web
- Color & Art Education
Could all the colors of the rainbow be confiscated in a marketing war?
Some basic principles.
Tips for designing successful sites.
How color mutates.
Architecture in Hawaii.
Essay. Choosing the "hot color."
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Essay. A dystopia of color education in a utopia of color experience.