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Color Harmony Compendium
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Color Harmony Compendium

by Terry Marks, MINE, Origin, Tina Sutton
September 2009
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
432 pages
9h 9m
English
Rockport Publishers
Content preview from Color Harmony Compendium
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Working with color to achieve intended
results can be a challenge, but it can also
be fun! An effective color scheme can make
a room feel warm and inviting, a graphic
design able to attract attention, or a poster
to recall days gone by. Before learning what
colors to use in order to achieve the best
results, one must fi rst understand some
basic color terms.
Each primary, secondary, and tertiary
hue is at a level of full saturation, or bright-
ness, which means that there is no black,
white, or gray added. Color is described in
terms of value, which is the lightness or
darkness of a color, or the relative amount
of white or black in a hue. ...
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ISBN: 9781592535903