A treatise on the appreciation and "enjoyment of color" in everyday life, published for the "average man," as opposed to the physicist, the chemist, or the artist, to whom many previous color books appealed.

Excerpt from The Theory and Practice of Color Though living in a world of Color, and forced by the nature of all created things to the daily and hourly use of Color, the average man is densely ignorant of any laws or principles which will guide him in its intelligent use. He has been sailing in uncharted seas, and, as a result, he has often found himself upon the rocks of discordant and irritating Color combinations, in his home, in his dress and in his efforts to meet the demands of business advertising. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Published in 1920, this title was complied for the purpose of discovering to the ordinary man the world of color. Emotions, vibrations, the mysteries of color. The simple theory of color herein expounded may be of service to students of all ages. The more a person knows about color, the more that person can enjoy it.

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Excerpt from Colour: A Handbook of the Theory of Colour To such persons a knowledge of the theory of colour, its cause and production, and a succinct account of the phenomena which occur on mixing colours to gether in various ways, will be of interest. In the fol lowing pages it has been the author's endeavour to present such matters as clearly as possible, and, while keeping in mind the latest investigations in the field of colour, particular attention has been paid to the requirements of the practical man, an explanation being given of the results which are obtained by mix ing-various dyes and pigments together, phenomena which occur every day to the dyer and painter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Includes color circles, spheres, and scales as well as suggested exercises.

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