
Although some of these books are out of print & difficult to find; try a College or University library.
Follow the Recommended Reading links on the left for books available at Amazon.com.
Herman Miller knowledge base article regarding color: Herman Miller—Experience of Color (PDF file: 717k)
Adobe article regarding color & perception:Adobe on Color (PDF file: 320k)
Albers, Josef, Interaction of Color, New Haven, Yale Universtiy Press, 1963.
Birren, Faber, Color Psychology and Color Therapy, First Edition, New York, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1950.
Birren, Faber, Light, Color, and Environment, Chicago, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1969.
Bothwell, Dorr, Notan: The light-dark principle of design, New York, Reinhold Book Corporation, 1968.
Itten, Johannes, The Art of Color, New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1961.
Itten, Johannes, The Elements of Color, New York, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1961.
Kueppers, Harald, The Basic Law of Color Theory, New York, Barron's, 1982.
Mahnke, Frank, Color, Environment, and Human Response, Van Nostrand Reinhold, Detroit, 1996.
Miller, Mary C, Color in Interior Architecture, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1997.
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Matisse, Minneapolis, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1994.
Norman, Richard B., Electronic Color, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. 1990.
Pile, John F., Interior Design, New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1988.
Pile, John, Color in Interior Design, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1997.
Sharpe, Deborah, The Psychology of Color and Design, Chicago, Nelson-Hall, 1975.
Swirnoff, Lois, Dimensional Color, Birkhauser, Boston, 1989.
I'd like to thank the following instructors and practitioners for their valuable training, insight and the opportunities made available to me along the way in my own color quest:
Barbara Martinson for my first experiences with color theory (as painful as that class may have been)
and introduction to Josef Albers, Johannes Itten and Faber Birren. (Professor, University of Minnesota.)
Marian Ortolf-Bagley for her continued support and direction through my further study, understanding (and love) of color. (Professor emeritus, University of Minnesota.)
Uwe Koos for his sharing & understanding of color concepts as applied to built form. (STO AG)
James Stageberg for his support and encouragement of my inclusion of color theory into my architectural thesis.
Ayers Bagley for his early enthusiasm for the Web medium and the opportunity to participate in the building of the Iconics Museum (Professor emeritus, University of Minnesota.)
XPLANE - the visual thinking company
Creative Pro—Learning to Use Color on Your Web Site
Colorsystem.com—History & Sciences
About.com—Understanding Colour
IDEO Web Color VisualizerSoftware
Note: I haven't personally purchased these tools, but each looks to be valuable, IMHO.
Color Wheel Pro (trial version available)
Color Impact (trial version available)
ColorPerfect (trial version available)
These are REALLY worth a look:
Virtual Decorator Xpert ($11.95 Canadian Funds, ~$9.50 USD)
CBN Selector Color Visualization Tool (Free!)
Colorsystem.com—Albert Henry Munsell
Johannes Itten at the artists.org