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Color Plus Design

Transforming Interior Space with STUDIO

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Color Plus Design

Transforming Interior Space with STUDIO

  • Textbook
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Description

Learn how to create unified and visually inviting spaces with the fourth edition of Color Plus Design. Author Ron Reed shows how color and design theory, when used together, can produce successful spaces that help designers avoid common color mistakes in a variety of residential and commercial interiors. Students will gain an appreciation of how different cultures around the world use color in their designs; how color affects one's health and wellbeing; and learn how to effectively use color in conjunction with key design principles such as balance, rhythm, emphasis, proportion, scale, unity, harmony, and variety.

New to this Edition
-New section covering Color and Technology, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
-New section exploring Color and Design Communication
-Addresses Color and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) in the Color and Health chapter

Instructor Resources
-Instructor's Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom, supplemental assignments, and lecture notes
-Test Bank includes sample test questions for each chapter
-PowerPoint® presentations include images from book and provide a framework for lecture and discussion

STUDIO Resources
-Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips
-Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary
-Download interactive exercises and their solutions, to test your knowledge of color

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. color + culture
2. color + theory + communication
3. color association + perception
4. color + health
5. color + balance
6. color + rhythm
7. color + emphasis + focal point
8. color + proportion + scale
9. color + unity + harmony
10. color + variety + design elements
Afterword
Appendix: Color Theory History, adapted from Connie B. D'Imperio
Glossary
Bibliography
Credits
Index

Product details

Fairchild Books
Published Nov 12 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 4th
Pages 232
ISBN 9798765138021
Imprint Fairchild Books
Illustrations 270 colour illus
Dimensions 280 x 215 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Ron Reed

Ron Reed is an Associate Professor of Interior Des…

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