Color Space and Its Divisions
by Rolf G. Kuehni · first published 2003
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It has been postulated that humans can differentiate between millions of gradations in color. Not surprisingly, no completely adequate, detailed catalog of colors has yet been devised, however the quest to understand, record, and depict color is as old as the quest to understand the fundamentals of the physical world and the nature of human consciousness. Rolf Kuehni's Color Space and Its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present represents an ambitious and unprecedented history of man's inquiry into color order, focusing on the practical applications of the most contemporary develo
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…and Saltzman’s Principles of Color Technology (recent editions rewritten by Roy Berns). For more about colorimetry try Hunt & Pointer’s book Measuring Color. Or for something historical, try Kuehni’s Color Space and Its Divisions.
on “Color Spaces” ↗> Where can I learn about the mad-ass angry part? Bruce MacEvay know more about colour theory and history than any man alive: https://www.handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html Also Color space and its divisions (Kuehni, R. G. 2001) will help you tell the difference between up and down in the color domain (not an easy task in the world of colour). My own thoughts... Goethe's full text of his `Colour Theory'…
…Danwills mentions color spaces, which are the means by which colour is expressed and also the means by which color is 'transcribed' from one device to another. For this I would highly recommend Kuehni, R.: Color Space and its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present. Wiley-Interscience, 2003. A great read. It sounds as if you have an interest in the aesthetic application of colour. The standard tomes are Itten's The Art…
on “What Is an Emotion? William James’s Theory of How Our Bodies Affect Our Feelings” ↗Will Certainly check that paper out. 13 years old? Pretty precocious. A great book to read on the subject of color spaces is ‘color space and its divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present’ by Rolf Kuehmi. I have read just about every major book on color there is, and this one is easily amongst the best. Written in plain English and with great…
on “Color Tool” ↗…introducing me to OKLAB. > From my perspective that hue is the independent variable to set first Agreed. > Color spaces definitely defy straightforward intuition about them. You are aware of Kuehnis book "Color space and its divisions."? It is a great read on this fascinating subject.
on “The “dark yellow problem” in design system color palettes” ↗…wildly inconsistent, vague and often plain wrong. [1] Matsuda: Color Design. Asakura Shoten (in Japanese). (1995) [2] https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/4ac93etjyg0z5y2ouq5ge/matsuda... [3] Kuehni, R.: Color Space and its Divisions: Color Order from Antiquity to the Present. Wiley-Interscience, Hoboken (2003) [4] Leonardo da Vinci, Trans. J. F. Rigaud, A Treatise on Painting (London: J.B. Nichols & Son, 1835). [5] Matt Chamings…
on “Poline – An enigmatic color palette generator using polar coordinates” ↗…Itten (both art school favorites but both highly questionable). He does not always organize his thinking as well as might be hoped, but that is the nature of color: pan-dimensional and perverse. Also 'Color space and its divisions' Kuehni, R. G. (2001). The making of art is a process, yet we only see the finished thing. This is our loss as there is much to be learned by studying this process. On the creative process much has been…
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