Color: The Secret Influence

by Cherie Fehrman and Kenneth R. Fehrman

Book Overview

Exceptionally authoritative and applied, this handbook/tutorial/workbook provides a firm foundation in the basics of color harmony and usage and explores the vast and often hidden ways in which color... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130358592
• ISBN13: 9780130358592
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.2" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Fabulous Book!

This is the best book on color I've ever found. It gives a really comprehensive overview of how color affects your entire life. If you want to redecorate your home, or influence people by how you dress, or learn how to use color to make your life healthier you absolutely must read this book. Color: The Secret Influence really goes way beyond anything I've ever read about color before in showing how it totally affects our lives. It clearly states that the serious study of color is in its beginning stages but it also gives an amazing amount of information that anyone can use today, right now to make their lives better. You've gotta read this book!

Tickled pink:)

Color affects everything, "Color The Secret Influence" examines the science, psychology, and history of color. The information and studies discussed within touch on many facets of everyday life. The book begins by defining color, and discusses it in the context of it's affects on health, psychology, architecture, landscape design, sales, marketing, packaging, fashion, and culture in general.If you have the slightest interest in learning about color for commercial purposes, designing and decorating your home, improving or understanding your color preferences, or how your everyday color choices and preferences affect you, buy this book!. It's is phenomenal, absolutely the best all encompassing book on color I've ever come across. While the information contained within, can be applied to web and graphic design, the depth of this book goes FAR beyond anything else I have read! It covers MUCH more than just creating attractive color combinations.

Color: The Secret Influence

I think this book will really help me in my work. I have a floorcovering business and I have read a lot of books on color trying to learn things that I can use in my business. This is the first book that has given me really solid information. I now understand color for the first time. I really recommend this book to anyone who wants to know how to use color as a way to make their lives better.

Great Job!

This book has lots of info and is put together really well. It's amazing to learn how much color affects your life and to realize that you can make your life so much better by knowing how to use it. This is a great book.

This is a great book!

This book is fascinating and well done. I am more than halfway through it and I can't wait to finish reading it! Even though I am a color professional and belong to many professional organizations, I am learning things I didn't know about color and its effects. I am sure this information will provide very useful in both my work and my life. I highly recommend this book!