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Color mixer experiment demonstrates how other colors are seen from the primary three: red, blue and yellow. Paper discs are mounted on a bolt that is placed in a drill chuck.
BOYS' LIFE Dec 1972 (v.62#12) pg. 53

Understanding the concept of "complementary color" when mixing paints.
CHIP CHATS Jul-Aug 1990 (v.37#4) pg. 68

How to mix colors.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #64 Aug 1978 (v.6#4) pg. 16

How to deal with color in painting. A look at pigments, grouping color and how to handle paints on your brush.
CREATIVE CRAFTS #65 Oct 1978 (v.6#5) pg. 17

Be your own house colorist. Advice on selecting colors for your home's exterior.
FAMILY HANDYMAN #228 Apr 1982 (v.32#4) pg. 70

Understanding color. Brush up on the facts before painting the exterior of your house.
FINE HOMEBUILDING #74 Apr-May 1992 pg. 40

How to take the guesswork our of color selection using personalized color systems.
HANDWOVEN Sep 1981 (v.2#4) pg. 44

Color design for garments. Nell Znamierowski explains how to wrap yarns around a strip of white matboard to evaluate color mixtures, proportions and textures.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1986 (v.7#5) pg. 54

Understanding color values. Tips on how to isolate lightness-darkness from intensity or hue.
HANDWOVEN Nov-Dec 1988 (v.9#5) pg. 22

Understanding complementary colors and how to identify the complementary colors of subtle variations in shade.
HANDWOVEN Jan-Feb 1993 (v.14#1) pg. 51

The influence of paper on color printing. An introduction to the perception of color and the vaguaries of color printing in books and magazines.
INDUSTRIAL PHOTOGRAPHY Feb 1990 (v.39#2) pg. 33

Color and digital color management explained.
PHOTO ELECTRONIC IMAGING May 1998 (v.41#5) pg. 30

Methods and optics of perceiving color in black-and-white grating.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Mar 1986 (v.254#3) pg. 112

Exercise to discover the relationships between primary colors.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #58 Spring 1984 (v.15#2) pg. 53

Color harmonies. Tips on the psychological approaches to color.
SHUTTLE, SPINDLE & DYEPOT #77 Winter 1988-89 (v.20#1) pg. 31

Developing color skills. The basics of color theory and exercises to improve color awareness and analysis.
SPIN-OFF Fall 1996 (v.20#3) pg. 52

Knitting with colors, a painter's approach to yarns and patterns. Suggestions for choosing yarns and handling a large number of colors using either the intarsia and knitting-in method.
THREADS #3 Feb-Mar 1986 pg. 69

Tips on using earth tones to subdue paint colors.
TOLE WORLD #103 Mar-Apr 1990 (v.14#2) pg. 53

Color theory for handweavers. Part 1. The basics.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #38 Fall 1985 (v.10#2) pg. 40

Color theory for handweavers. Part 2. How to integrate color theory with specific textile techniques. Includes tip for making a cardboard disc that can be spun to determine the results of mixing colors.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #39 Winter 1986 (v.10#3) pg. 47

Color theory for handweavers. Part 3. How to create visual illusions with color.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #40 Spring 1986 (v.10#4) pg. 40

Color theory for handweavers. Part 4. More visual illusions with color.
WEAVER'S JOURNAL #41 Summer 1986 (v.11#1) pg. 37

Color matters. An explanation of the color spectrum and how it impacts the color of wooden furniture. Looks at the color triangle, pigments, dyes, etc.
WOODWORKER Aug 1989 (v.93#8) pg. 728

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