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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Introduction
Importance of Color - Methods and Outline of Study - Definitions and Materials - I: Color Sensations
Color Aids Perseption - External Causes of Color Sensations - Reflection, Transmission, and Selective Absorption - Color Perceptions - Color Blindness - Effect of Colors on Emotions - Symbolism of Colors - Warm an dCool Hues - Advancing and Retreating Colors - II: Color Values and Intensities
A Scale of Neutral Values - Qualities of White and Black - Relation of Black to Warm and of White to Cool Colors - Importance of Middle Gray - Colors at Full Intensity - Effect of Mixing Neutrals with Colors - Effects of High and of Low Illumination Upon Colors - Artistic Possibilities of Only One Hue with Neutrals - Experiments with Values and Intensities - III: Complementary Colors
After-Images - Mixtures of Paints Compared with Combinations of Lights - Characteristic Effects Possible with Complementary colors: Increase of Intensity by Contrast: Reduction of Intensity by Mingling - Experiments with Complementary Colors - IV: Composite Colors
Complexity of the Hues of Nature - Some Characteristics of Pleasing Colors - Artistic Importance of Color Gradations - Frequency of Adjacent Hues in Nature - Characteristic Effects Possible with Adjacent Hues: Brilliancy: Softness: Movement Towards or Away from Light: Modelling - Effect of Multiple Reflections in Increasing Intensity - Mixture of Adjacent Hues Selected at Varying Intervals - Experiments with Adjacent Colors - V: Near-Complements and Triads
Near Complements Compared with Complements - Relation between Near Complements and Triads - Four Typical Triads and Their Characteristics - Summary of Color Groups - Experiments with Triads - VI: Color Harmonies
Relation of Physics and Optics to Artistic Preferences - Brilliant Colors not Necessarily Crude - Some Ways of Relating Colors Harmoniously - The Harmonizing Effect of Reflections and After-Images - Effect of Character of Patterns Upon Color Relations - Color Values a Factor in Color Harmony - Color Harmony in Art and in Nature - Some Methods of Relating Inharmonious Hues - Experiments in Harmonizing Colors - VII: Color in Nature and Art
The Hues of Plants, Animals, and Insects - Colors of Inorganic Substances - Color Expresses Moods of Nature - Use of Color in Painting - Three Typical Methods in Oil-Painting - Experiments with Effects of Oil-Paints - The Representation of Light - A Scientifically Arranged Palette