Colour design : theories and applications / edited by Janet Best.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Best, Janet, editor.

Series:

The Textile Institute Book Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Color in design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (706 pages) : color illustrations.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Duxford, England : Woodhead Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

Colour Design: Theories and Applications, Second Edition, provides information on a broad spectrum of colour subjects written by seasoned industry professionals and academics. It is a multidisciplinary book that addresses the use of colour across a range of industries, with a particular focus on textile colouration.Part One deals with the human visual system, colour perception and colour psychology, while Part Two focuses on the practical application of colour in design, including specifically in textiles and fashion. Part Three covers cultural and historical aspects of colour, as well as recent developments, addressing areas such as dyes and pigments, architecture, colour theory, virtual reality games, colour printing, website development, and sustainability. This revised, expanded, and updated edition reflects recent technological developments, and new industry priorities.Bringing together the science of colouration and the more artistic elements of design, this book supports students, academics, and industry professionals in developing a deep knowledge of colour use. It will also be an important reference for those involved in textile dyeing, design and manufacture.- Provides a comprehensive review of the issues surrounding the use of color in textiles- Discusses the application of color across a wide range of industries, supporting interdisciplinary knowledge and research- Offers a revised, expanded, and updated look that reflects the rise of new technology and industry priorities

Contents:

Front Cover

Colour Design: Theories and Applications

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Part One: Colour vision and colour perception

Chapter 1: What is colour?

1.1 Introduction: what is colour?

1.2 Visible light

1.3 Organising colours

1.3.1 Colour spectrum and Newton's seven

1.3.2 Three-dimensional colour: the evidence

1.3.3 Three dimensions of colour: the reason

1.3.4 Extending the spectral bow to a hue circle

1.3.5 From hue circle to full 3D colour space

1.4 Conclusions

References

Further reading

Chapter 2: The human visual system described through visual illusions

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Illusions in the context of human visual system

2.2.1 A short description of the visual system

2.2.2 The retina and spatial vision

2.2.3 Colour sensation

2.3 From isolated colour to colour in context: Some experiments

2.3.1 Land experiments

2.3.2 After-images and the Daw experiment

2.4 Examples of the different groups of colour illusions

2.4.1 Colour constancy

2.4.2 Simultaneous contrast

2.4.3 The locality of contrast

2.4.4 Assimilation

2.5 Conclusions

Chapter 3: Variability in normal and defective colour vision: Consequences for occupational environments

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Vision information channels

3.3 The concept of the luminous efficiency function

3.4 Photoreceptor contrasts and the CIE (x,y) chromaticity chart

3.4.1 The CIE (x,y) standard observer

3.4.2 Equivalence of luminance and colour contrast

3.5 Individual differences in colour vision

3.5.1 Normal colour vision

3.5.2 Congenital colour vision deficiency

3.6 Methods of assessing colour vision loss

3.6.1 Pseudo-isochromatic plate tests

3.6.2 Colour thresholds in dynamic luminance contrast (LC) noise

3.6.3 Lantern tests.

3.6.4 Hue discrimination or arrangement tests

3.7 Anomaloscope variability in the parameters of the yellow match

3.7.1 Effect of changing the spectral separation between L and M cones

3.7.2 Effect of shifts in the L to M midpoint wavelength

3.7.3 Effect of changes in pigment optical density

3.8 Colour assessment and diagnostics (CAD) test

3.8.1 Isolation of colour signals

3.8.2 Limits of normal colour vision

3.8.3 Effect of luminance contrast (LC) noise

3.8.4 Diagnosing the class of colour deficiency

3.8.5 Variability within congenital colour deficiency

3.8.6 Effect of ambient illumination and stimulus size on colour sensitivity in normal trichromats and in congenital ...

3.8.7 Effect of background luminance on colour thresholds in congenital colour deficiency

3.9 Colour in occupational environments

3.9.1 Current occupational colour vision requirements

3.9.2 The need to quantify the severity of colour vision loss

3.9.3 Setting minimum colour vision requirements

3.10 Colour in healthcare

3.10.1 Patterns of colour vision loss in retinal disease

3.10.2 Impact in vision healthcare

3.11 Conclusions

Sources of further information and advice

Acknowledgements

Chapter 4: Colour description and communication

4.1 Introduction: describing and communicating colour

4.2 Colour order systems

4.2.1 The Munsell System

4.2.2 The Natural Colour System

4.3 Named colour systems

4.3.1 Colour Systems from Pantone, Inc.

4.4 Colour naming

4.5 Instrumental measurement of colour

4.5.1 Illumination and viewing

4.5.2 Fluorescence

4.6 Digital imaging systems

4.6.1 Colour management systems

4.6.2 Gamut mapping

4.6.3 Profile building

4.7 Colour constancy

4.8 Metamerism

4.9 Colour standards

4.10 Colour difference.

4.11 Computation of colour coordinates

4.12 Derivation of the CIE 1931 Standard Observer

4.13 Future trends

4.14 Sources of information

Chapter 5: Colour naming for colour design

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Previous colour naming studies

5.3 Online colour naming experiment

5.4 English colour names

5.5 Additional basic colour terms

5.6 Gender differences

5.7 An online colour naming model

5.8 Twitter and Google Books

5.9 Colour naming selection guidelines

5.10 Conclusions and future directions

Recommended books

Chapter 6: Colour in food

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Colour, evolution and health

6.3 Appearance

6.4 Total appearance and expectations

6.5 Assessment and measurement

6.6 Halo effects, commercial exploitation and ethics

6.7 Conclusions

Chapter 7: Understanding colour perception and preference

7.1 Introduction

7.2 The origins and uses of colour vision

7.2.1 Evolution of colour vision

7.2.2 Colour perception

7.3 Colour preference in humans

7.3.1 Colour preference studies

7.3.1.1 History

7.3.1.2 Universality and individuality of colour preference: Recent studies

7.3.2 Sex differences in colour preference

7.3.3 Age differences and the development of colour preference

7.4 Colour preference in animals

7.5 Physiological effects of background and illumination colours

'warm' vs. 'cool' colours

7.6 Conclusions

Chapter 8: Colour psychology: The emotional effects of colour perception

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Colour preference: the longitudinal perspective, 1970-2016

8.3 Colour and psycho-physiological arousal

8.4 Colour and subjective time estimation

8.5 Colour and the subjective feeling of warmth

8.6 Conclusions and further reading.

Sources of further information and advice

Chapter 9: Colour, health and wellbeing through the lens of colour analytical psychology

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Human evolution, health, wellbeing and colour

9.2.1 Surviving and thriving

9.2.2 Colour vision surviving and meaning making

9.2.3 Visible and invisible colour

9.2.3.1 Symbolic processing and colour

9.3 Colour - The archaic vernacular of health and wellbeing

9.3.1 The populist conversation on health and wellbeing

9.3.2 What does health and wellbeing mean?

9.3.3 Health and wellbeing in the wider context

9.3.4 A developing understanding of health and wellbeing

9.3.5 A colour awakening

9.3.6 Timeline of health and wellbeing using colour

9.3.7 Summary: colour and health and wellbeing interventions

9.4 Colour analytical psychology

9.4.1 Case studies

9.4.2 Bill

9.4.3 Simon

9.4.4 Barbara

9.4.5 Nicola

9.4.6 Tam

9.5 Conclusion

Part Two: Practical application of colour in design

Chapter 10: Enhancing design using colour

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Context is everything

10.2.1 Colour characteristics

10.2.2 Context colour management

10.2.3 Colour complexity

10.3 Colour influence

10.3.1 Contrasting colour characteristics

10.3.2 Simultaneous contrast

10.3.3 Scale and placement

10.4 Colour and depth perception

10.4.1 Colour strength

10.4.2 Advancing and receding colour

10.5 Applying colour to a surface

10.5.1 Subtractive colour

10.5.2 Additive colour

10.5.3 Colour definition

10.5.4 Alternative colour rendition

10.6 Future trends in colour application

10.6.1 Additive colour

10.6.2 Intrinsic colour

10.6.3 Human response

10.7 Sources of further information

Chapter 11: Teaching colour in art and design.

11.1 Theory influencing practice

11.2 The legacy of educational colour literature

11.3 Structure, significance, and the spectral versus the spiritual

11.4 Source, surface, sight, semblance, standards, significance and structure

11.5 Teaching-strategies and conclusion

Chapter 12: Understanding and forecasting colour trends in design

12.1 Introduction

12.2 Colour trends

12.2.1 Definition of colour trends

12.2.2 Main influences on colour trends

12.2.3 Interaction of colour trends with our daily consumption or conservation of design, products and materials and ...

12.2.4 Trends and fads

12.3 Colour trend research

12.3.1 The value of researching colour trends

12.3.2 Life-cycle of colour trends

12.3.3 Identification and recognition of colour trends

12.4 The colour research process

12.4.1 Starting point and finish line

12.4.2 Research into colour trends

12.4.3 Profile and skills of colour trend researchers

12.4.4 Using the results of the colour trends research

12.5 Colour forecasting

12.5.1 Definition of colour forecasting and comparison with trend research

12.5.2 Necessary tools for colour forecasting

12.5.3 Assimilation of colour forecasting by different cultures

12.5.4 Importance of colour forecasting to designers

12.5.5 Colour forecasting life-cycle

12.6 Conclusions

Chapter 13: Colour in fashion design

13.1 Introduction

13.1.1 Colour association with specific themes or eras

13.2 Key issues of colour in fashion design

13.2.1 Repetition of colour combinations

13.3 Case studies

13.3.1 Shop Direct Group: Implications for colour when selling online

13.3.2 ASOS: Accurately representing colours on screen

13.3.3 Brannon's colour cycle model

13.4 Conclusions

Sources of further information and advice.

References.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-08-101889-4