What is color, and how do you use it well, if you have never seen it? This book answers that question in a way that people with visual impairments can follow without needing to see color at all. Sighted readers gain just as much: it gives you a solid grounding in color fundamentals and the practical knowledge needed to apply them.
Across eleven chapters, the author walks you from the basics to applied design. You start with the difference between seeing a color and understanding it, and with how color names work, including what counts as a basic color term. From there you move through hue, lightness and saturation, color order systems, and light as electromagnetic waves. The book then explains how the eye perceives color, covering cone and rod cells, color vision deficiency, the Purkinje effect, and how animals see color. Later chapters cover color categories, contrast and assimilation, the emotional effects of color, and the principles behind harmonious color combinations.
Two chapters set this book apart. One explores how people who have never seen color still understand it, from their rich color vocabulary to their sense of the color wheel. The final chapter tells the development story behind Iro-Pochi, a tactile color identification system, and explains its purpose, features and use.
This is a practical and humane read for newcomers to color theory, and for designers and engineers working on universal, inclusive products. Published by NTS. 184 pages.
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