Chapter 2Color Fundamentals
The Identity of Color
Chromatic Interaction
Color Systems
Emotions and Messages
If one says “red” and there are fifty people listening, it can be expected that there will be fifty reds in their minds. And ... all these reds will be very different. Colors present themselves in continuous flux, constantly related to changing neighbors and changing conditions.
Josef Albers
Artist, visual theorist, and educator; from Interaction of Color, Yale University Press
Hue A distinction between color identities as defined by their wavelengths
Saturation The relative dullness or brightness of a color
Temperature A color’s ...
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