Number and Color Application in Environmental Design

Author: Tian Shaoxu
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Publish Date: 2004-04-01
Features: This book is a specialized work on "Digital Color" and environmental design in China. It provides a detailed introduction to the basic principles of "Digital Color"; elaborates on color mixing systems such as CIE and HVC, color models, and color expression methods, which differ from traditional art (pigment) color theory; analyzes the similarities and differences between "Digital Color" and traditional art colors in terms of hue, brightness, saturation, and the balance between generality and realism/virtuality. It also offers in-depth discussions on topics such as obtaining colors using scanners, digital cameras, color correction, color compression, and resampling. The book summarizes the relationship between natural and human environments and color, introducing the concept of "Color Geography" in environmental and architectural design to analyze natural and artificial light, chromaticity, the impact of illumination on environmental color, and color mixing with materials. With numerous examples, it provides clear and insightful explanations of color applications in environmental design, incorporating the author's long-term research and summarized "Digital Color System—(Five-Level) Saturation and Brightness Color Chart" into environmental color design. The book critiques the color flaws exposed in current design practices and evaluates representative outstanding three-dimensional digital color design works. The "Digital Color" discussed in this book is at the forefront of digital art and design, and it is expected to fill a gap in domestic research.