Adaptable to both studio and lecture courses and appropriate for all student levels from beginner to advanced, The New Munsell Student Color Set, 3rd Edition is a genuine learning aid that offers opportunities for experimenting with color effects using paint, paper and computers. A full-color interactive and experimental guidebook for understanding color in all its dimensions, it includes 11 Munsell color charts, 15 interactive charts, 14 packets of color chips and a textbook, all designed to facilitate hands-on learning of color's aspects and effects. The text provides a complete study of color use and color science, including extended discussion of visual perception, optical effects, and practical application of color phenomena in fine and applied art practices.
Interactive and experiential charts and chips are presented in an easy-to-use binder format
Chapter elements include a list of key terms, objectives, summaries, and assignments and exercises
Text is flexible and adaptable to all kinds of art and design courses, as well as individual study
New to This Edition
Discussions of the application of theory in works of art and design
Expanded full-color art program
Interactive charts with additional color chips for demonstrating complex color effects
New information about color symbolism, associations, and trends
Reorganization of the text into two parts: Color Use and Color Science
All chapters are independent and cross-referenced
Expanded discussion of additive color and exercises demonstrating manipulation of color on the computer
Added demonstrations and exercises using paint, paper, and computers
Instructors Resources
Instructor's Guide
PowerPoint® Presentation
Color Use
The Vocabulary
Color Anomalies, Emotional Response, Symbolism, and Trends
Relationships Among Colors
Combining Colors
Color in Designed Products, Installations, and Printing
Color Science
Science, Color, and Art
Light and Color
Vision and Color
Additive Color Mixture: Mixing Light
Subtractive Color Mixture: Mixing Paints
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Jim Thomas Long
is President of the color design firm JimLongConsulting. He is an architect, artist, lighting designer, state board certified interior designer, Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Photography and Film and Interior Design, and retired Chair of Photography and Film at Virginia Commonwealth University. His many design projects have been installed across the USA, and his photographs, paintings, and experimental videos have been exhibited in galleries and museums, and published, internationally. Also, he is the recipient of several grants and awards.