COLOR MIXING BIBLE (2002; $24.95), by Ian Sidaway. Watson-Guptill Publications, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003.
The subtitle of this book is "all you'll ever need to know about mixing pigments in oil, acrylic, watercolor, soft pastel, pencil and ink." Truly, this is a "ready-to-use" reference that helps students to understand the mixing and matching of colors. It would be of great use for middle- and high-school students interested in the dynamics of mixing and matching colors.
The author paints a clear and useful description of the science of color. Beginning with Isaac Newton's discovery that a ray of light can be divided into seven spectral lines (red, …
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