Includes bibliographical references (page 143) and index.
Contents:
1. How Dark Is White -- How Light Is Black? 2 -- When is "Black" Black? -- 3. How Green Can Turn Red -- 4. How Plain Is a Plane? -- 5. When Is an Orange orange-and Where? -- 6. Color Without Contour -- 7. A New Light on Shadows -- 8. Black and White in Light and Shade -- 9. Light and Shade Are Colors --10. Space Influences Color -- 11. Metal Is No Mystery -- 12. What Color Is Wood? --13. Surfaces Aren't Scary -- 14. Even Twins Don't Look Alike -- 15. Slicing Bread into Many Colors -- 16. A New Angle on Color -- 17. Seeing Through Translucency -- 18. A Bagful of Color -- 19. A Look at Transparency -- 20. A Glass of Water isn't Colorless -- 21.The Color of Greener --. 22. Unstill Life -- Ideas for independent study. Materials and Work Area -- Handling Color-- How the Projects Work -- The Projects 1. How Dark Is White -- How Light Is Black? 2 -- When is "Black" Black? -- 3. How Green Can Turn Red -- 4. How Plain Is a Plane? -- 5. When Is an Orange orange-and Where? -- 6. Color Without Contour -- 7. A New Light on Shadows -- 8. Black and White in Light and Shade -- 9. Light and Shade Are Colors --10. Space Influences Color -- 11. Metal Is No Mystery -- 12. What Color Is Wood? --13. Surfaces Aren't Scary -- 14. Even Twins Don't Look Alike -- 15. Slicing Bread into Many Colors -- 16. A New Angle on Color -- 17. Seeing Through Translucency -- 18. A Bagful of Color -- 19. A Look at Transparency -- 20. A Glass of Water isn't Colorless -- 21.The Color of Greener --. 22. Unstill Life -- Ideas for independent study.
Summary:
The purpose of this book is to train (or retrain) you to paint what your eye actually sees -- sometimes the hardest of all jobs.
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