A theory of colors in combination - A descriptive model related to the NCS color-order system

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 4-28

  Hård, Anders ^a   Sivik, Lars ^a  

^a NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Color chord; Color combinations; Color contrast; Color harmony; Color interval; Color order systems; Color percepts; Color phenomenology; Color space; Complementary colors; Distinctness of border; Natural color system; Opponent colors; Tuning; Visual texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010711276     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(200102)26:1<4::AID-COL3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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