Interaction of Color: 50th Anniversary Edition

<span><div><b>“One of the most important books on color ever written.”—Michael Hession, <i>Gizmodo</i></b><br>  <br><b>“<i>Interaction of Color</i> with its illuminating visual exercises and mind-bending optical illusions, remains an indispensable blueprint to the art of seeing. . . . An essential piece of visual literacy.“—Maria Popova, <i>Brain Pickings</i></b><br>  <br> Josef Albers’s classic <i>Interaction of Color</i> is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers’s singular explanation of complex color theory principles.<br>  <br> Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as a limited silkscreen edition with 150 color plates, <i>Interaction of Color</i> first appeared in paperback in 1971, featuring ten color studies chosen by Albers, and has remained in print ever since. With over a quarter of a million copies sold in its various editions since 1963, <i>Interaction of Color </i> remains an essential resource on color, as pioneering today as when Albers first created it.<br>  <br> Fifty years after <i>Interaction</i>’s initial publication, this anniversary edition presents a significantly expanded selection of close to sixty color studies alongside Albers’s original text, demonstrating such principles as color relativity, intensity, and temperature; vibrating and vanishing boundaries; and the illusion of transparency and reversed grounds. A celebration of the longevity and unique authority of Albers’s contribution, this landmark edition will find new audiences in studios and classrooms around the world.</div></span>