Evolution in Color

By Frans Gerritsen

Book Overview

In this book, the author of Color, Optical Appearance, Physical Phenomenon and Artistic Means of Expression, which has appeared in six languages, gives as overview of the theory of color from antiquity to the present. His study, clarified by numerous B/W and color illustrations, promotes the understanding of many concepts of color in this realm. The book offers instructions for the construction of one's own color-perception model which allows all color values within a color system to be viewed. Evolution in Color is an indispensable study for all who work with color including artists, glazers, architects, decorators, designers, ceramic and textile artists and the student of color theory.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887401430
• ISBN13: 9780887401435
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 10.8"

Customer Reviews

Gerritsen reconciles historical systems

After a semester of reading and working from this complex book, my advanced painting students and I can say confidently that Gerritsen is worth the devotion it takes to do his diagrams and discuss his conclusions. In his own color perception diagram (pp. 46 and 47), he reconciles historical understanding of color -- the ancient Greeks, Goethe, Newton, Maxwell, Munsell, etc. We find it refreshing and informative to see that human beings have observed color faithfully for millenia, making perceptive notes about its nature. They have (we have) all seen color in varied contexts, and bringing those contexts into a unified view helps all of us. Gerritsen's color perception schemes produce logical puzzles that we grew wiser by solving. This is a book the student of color theory will return to again and again.