Bestselling author Dr. Betty Edwards guide to colour distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations.

Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Edwards provides a basic understanding of how to see color, how to use it, and - for those involved in art, painting, or design - how to mix and combine hues. Including more than 125 color images and exercises that move from simple to challenging, this volume explains how to:

• see what is really there rather than what you “know” in your mind about colored objects
• perceive how light affects color, and how colors affect one another
• manipulate hue, value, and intensity of color and transform colors into their opposites
• balance color in still-life, landscape, figure, and portrait painting
• understand the psychology of color
• harmonize color in your surroundings

While we recognize and treasure the beautiful use of color, reproducing what we see can be a challenge. Accessibly unweaving color’s complexity, this must-have primer is destined to be an instant classic.