The Color Association of the United States

 

Books

These are some of our favorite reference books on color.

 

The Art of Color: Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color by Johannes Itten

The Color Compendium by Augustine Hope, Margaret Walch

Creative Color by Faber Birren
Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction by John Gage
The Elements of Color by Johannes Itten
Eye for Color by Olga Gutierrez De La Roza
Colour Forecasting by Tracy Diane, Tom Cassidy
Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia by Richard E. Cytowic, David M. Eagleman
Color and Meaning: Art, Science and Symbolism by John Gage
Principles of Color: A Review of Past Traditions and Modern Theories of Color Harmony by Faber Birren
 

White Papers

CAN COPAXONE BE VIAGRAExploration of color and branding of innovative drugs

COLOR + EMOTIONSA review of the findings from a research project on colors and emotions

COLOR EFFECTIVENESS IN ENVIRONMENTSA critical review of the current literature on color in the workplace, education and health-care environments

COLOR FROM THE STREETS OF VALPARAISO, CHILEMargaret Walch, former Executive Director of The Color Association shares her travel experience

COLOR-EMOTION ASSOCIATIONS IN THE PHARMA INDUSTRYA look at universal versus local context for color in the pharmaceutical industry

DESIGN FOR EXPERIENCEAn exploration of designing context for experience

I AM IN LOVE, I AM ENRAGEDA note on the risk of eliciting negative emotions, an exploration of the color Red

WORKPLACE AND CREATIVITY Looks at the question: Can workplace design enhance creativity and adaptation to change?

 

 

CAUS Effects Newsletters

Q3 EDITION - notes from Spring/Summer 2011 forecast meetings
 
Q4 EDITION - Interior 2011-12 meeting notes, interview with committee members Marcella Echavarria and Elissa Ehlin
 
 
 

Things we like

 

For information on the

Standard Color Reference Guide of America

click here