Color Workbook

This workbook presents a diverse conceptual overview of color theory coupled with numerous studies and activities to solidify students’ understanding of design and color concepts through hands-on experience.   This workbook combines both a formal and content-oriented approach to color with students, allowing them to use it both technically and as an expressive tool.

 

As a practicing artist and an art educator, Becky Koenig has possessed a lifelong desire to master color. She created this text to present a wide range of many color theories, rather than a singular viewpoint. The workbook covers the expanding field of electronic color and discusses color in terms of art history and contemporary art. It includes a variety of student activities that have proved successful in the classroom.

Color Workbook is both a color theory reference and a workbook of hands-on color and design theoretical studies. The first part of the book emphasizes Color Study, a thorough exploration of the understanding of color as an art element. Topics include the attributes of color (hue, value, and saturation), the elements of design, the principles of design, designing with color, and color in art. For artists and designers, who can use the book as a reference and a self guided studio course in color theory.