The Forms of Color: The Interaction of Visual Elements

by Karl Gerstner

Book Overview

Swiss artist and designer, Karl Gerstner draws on artistic literary, and scientific sources, as well as on his own studio work to investigate the basic visual elements of color and form. Inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, Gerstner explores the ideas of continuous and evenly measured changes in the three dimensions of color - hue, tone, and saturation.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262071002
• ISBN13: 9780262071000
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.