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Resources
Books on color and related subjects
Barnes, Christine
E. and the Editors of Sunset Books. Color for Your Home (Menlo Park:
Sunset Publishing Corp, 1999).
Birren, Faber. Color, a Survey in Words and Pictures (Secaucus, NJ:
University Books, Inc., 1963).
Eiseman, Leatrice. Colors for Your Every Mood (Sterling, VA: Capital
Books Inc., 1998).
Eiseman, Leatrice. Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
(Sarasota, FL: Grafix Press, Ltd, 2000).
Hilliard, Elizabeth and Stafford Cliff. Paint: The Big Book of Natural
Color (New York: Watson Guptil Publications, 2001).
Levick, Melba, Tony Cohan, and Masako Takahashi. Mexicolor: The Spirit of
Mexican Design (San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1998).
Mahnke, Frank H. Color, Environment, & Human Response (New York:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996).
McArdle, Ann. Decorating with Color and Texture (Gloucester, MA:
Rockport Publishers Inc., 2000).
McCauley, Mark. Color Therapy at Home (Gloucester, MA: Rockport
Publishers Inc., 2000).
Morton, Jill. 50 Color Schemes [PDF electronic publication] (USA: COLORCOM
1997).
Morton, Jill. Color Logic [PDF electronic publication] (USA: COLORCOM
1998).
Morton, Jill. Guide to Color Symbolism [PDF electronic publication]
(USA: COLORCOM 1997).
Pile, John. Color in Interior Design (USA: McGraw-Hill, 1997).
Quarto Publishing plc.Mix & Match Designer’s Colors (USA: Van
Nostrum Reinhold, 1990).
Walker, Morton. The Power of Color (New York, Avery Publishing Group,
1991).
Westgate, Alice. The Complete Color Directory: a Practical Guide to Using
Color in Your Home (New York: Watson-Guptil Publications, 1999).
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Links
Color Organizations
CMG: The Color Marketing Group.
A professional organization that does color and design trend forecasting for
almost every category of consumer and commercial product.
ISCC: The Inter-Society Color Counsel.
A group of color professionals in various fields including scientific
research and psychology.
IACC: International Association of Color Consultants/Designers. A
professional organization that focuses mainly on color for architectural
space and color education. Started in 1957.
Three different chapters and websites:
IACC North America
BEF/IACC Europe (text
is in German)
IACC- Asia/Japan
This site has information about IACC and the Asian association. Some of it is
in English.
CAUS
Color Association of the United States. A color forecasting
service organization. Since 1915.
ICA
International Colour Authority. A forecasting organization that
focuses on fashion clothing and textiles. Located in London, England.
Color Tools
Pantone products.
Pantone creates tools for many designers, such as color swatch
books in various materials, software, and has consulting services. Their
swatch books and tools are used in many design fields.
X-Rite Inc. Computerized
color measurement tools.
VisiBone. Color tools for
web designers. Excellent products and friendly service!
GreytagMacbeth.
Manufactures color measuring devices, software, and lighting
systems. Often give educational seminars, which I highly recommend if you are
interested in the scientific aspect of color and measurement.
Pointcarré textile software.
Software for textile designers and weavers.
GE
ColorXpress. Color swatches, matching, and management mainly
for polymers and thermoplastic resins. A subsidiary of General Electric.
The Color Wheel Company.
Just like it sounds. They manufacture color wheels for different needs,
including one in Spanish and a special one for children.
Miscellaneous Links
Feng shui and color
Feng Shui Ultimate Resource website. If you
want real feng shui information, here’s one of the best sites.
Historical dyes Tyrian
purple, indigo, etc.
Collect antique bottles?
Find out what colors are rare. Photos of actual bottle colors.
Color Humor and Fun
A blue food lover
confesses.
More about blue food.
Make your own blue
foods… Buy food colors online.
All about
food colorings. Plus fun recipes, some edible, some not.
Learn how to make fake blood! Great for kids.
Orange is your friend.
A web page devoted to one color.
How to dye your hair
green. Shock your parents. Or shock your boss.
The Weird, the Bad, and the just plain Curious
Feng shui cosmetics!
Who’da thunk it.
Color
predisposition? Aromatherapy and color. Or something like
that.
Solarized
water. Irradiating your water with color.
Color therapy eyeglasses.
Rose-colored glasses anyone?
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