More changes have taken place in the world of color in the last few decades than have occurred over the last few centuries. The most obvious one—that drawing is now done in light—is only one aspect of this seismic shift. Color is an ever-changing, ever-advancing world, and at times a very confusing one.

This book is written for everyone who deals with color—uses it, specifies it, or just plain looks at it. It is written for design students and sign painters, architects and carpet salesmen, graphic designers and magicians. It is a road map to the relationships between colors and to the relationship between the colors of light and the colors of the real world. It is a guide to using colors freely and creatively without dependence on complicated theories or systems. This is a book about learning to see.

This book includes a workbook component that is available online at www.wiley.com/go/understanding color5e.