THE BOOK OF COLOUR CONCEPTS (a review)

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Taschen's Book of Colour Concepts, by Alexandra Loske and Sarah Lowengard, is a treasure trove of both important and obscure color theory ideas and diagrams. I’m in awe of the level of scholarship that went into this book. All the usual suspects are here - Newton, Goethe, Chevreul, Itten, Albers. But we also get a wonderful array of lesser-known color theorists, including women and non-Western theorists. I am a little sad that one of my favorite color scientists was not mentioned, though.
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5 окт 2024

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@awatercolourist 3 месяца назад

Thanks for standing up for women and for disseminating information about colour theory history.

@TansyBlue 2 дня назад

This is a fantastic review thank you (especially for keeping it to four minutes of actual content rather than four minutes of content and twelve minutes of filler).

@ranradd 3 месяца назад

Thanks. Added to my wishlist!

@amgokan 3 месяца назад

I think I need this for Christmas, looks amazing!

@velvetchiharu 3 месяца назад

I think I said it before, I’ll say it again, this channel is providing some of the highest quality and valuable content on social media today. I am sitting at the edge of my seat waiting for it to TAKE OFF because the people need to know! No pressure, but this is just good stuff that deserves to be shared. All meat ✅ no fluff ✅ Excited to pick up this taschen book, sounds like an excellent jumping off point for countless rabbit holes 🤩

@adem82ants Месяц назад

I literally just discovered this video and can already see the value in following this channel. I often feel stupid about color when listening to others, and for the first time I'm hearing someone where I don't feel overwhelmed by color. Thank you Color Nerd for this video. I wanted to buy this book but didn't know if it was worth the hefty price tag. I feel differently now. I look forward to viewing more of your content.👍

@Milan____ 3 месяца назад

Thank you for the mini-review, much appreciated! (My tome *just* arrived and I'm excited.) If I may ask, can you think of a good book to complement it? Since The Book covers 1686-1963, is there some coherent source that would paint the bridge from that to the modern understanding of color, gamuts, etc in both the digital realm, and as it applies to modern art? Something that doesn't include a lot of math hopefully ^_^ (I'm a non-color-adjacent software developer, with color grading and watercolors as hobbies.)

@kathtrimarchi6266 Месяц назад

I love your channel. I work in the fashion industry and this information is very helpful for me. I use color theory always 😊. Please, continue the good work!

@taaiee 3 месяца назад

Absolutely fantastic book!!

@ellenicochea2255 Месяц назад

I'm interested in purchasing this book. One part of your review is missing. Has all the content been translated into English? Thanks!

@ColorNerd1 Месяц назад

Yes, it's a multilingual edition, every chapter is in English as well as other languages. Taschen has an international market so this is how they publish many of their books.

@rasmis Месяц назад

Carry van Biema doesn't even have an English language Wikipedia-page. We should do something about that. Tiny note on last names containing “von” and “van”: Both are pronounced “fon” (as in “font” without the t). The word is cognate with “from” in English, and means that. Von and van are always written lowercase, except when starting a sentence, such as this.

@DrJuanTaco 3 месяца назад

Imagine if the book of color concepts was just text

@fredericapanon207 3 месяца назад

The price of these weighty tomes makes sense as faithful colour reproduction does take more effort. It also has a niche market, not a mass market.

@ArtDreamPainting 3 месяца назад

Well done ❤

@ekeneuneke2443 3 месяца назад

Who is one of your favorite color scientist?

@ColorNerd1 3 месяца назад

Some of my favorites are Dorothy Nickerson, David MacAdam, Jan Koenderinck, Jozef Cohen, Domina Eberle Spencer

@spoddie 3 месяца назад

I'm not sure we need even one chapter on Goethe. (on back order from Germany to Japan)

@ColorNerd1 3 месяца назад

I'm with you, Goethe’s wayyy overrated as a color theorist

@user4241 3 месяца назад

Why so much hate towards Goethe?

@spoddie 3 месяца назад

@@user4241 My favourite scientist of all time is Newton. [Grossly oversimplified] He basically invented/discovered optics while locked in a dark room with some rough pieces of glass that he fashioned himself. Goethe was scathing about Newton's work and made nasty personal attacks on him, and some of Goethe's ideas were totally bonkers. I'll have to leave it to someone else to list Goethe's positive contributions to colour science.

@user4241 3 месяца назад

@@spoddie I mean, Newton was a jerk, too.

@fredericapanon207 3 месяца назад

@@user4241, well, he certainly was a jerk to Liebniz, barring him from being able to join the Royal Society. However, Liebniz is still recognised as a co-discoverer of calculus.

@awatercolourist 3 месяца назад

First 👋🏼