The interaction of color
His work, particularly his Homage to the Square series, influenced Op-Art artists who furthered his explorations in human perception or “the discrepancy between physical fact and psychic effect.” He was the first living artist to have a solo show at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. However, outside of the design world, Albers is better known as an abstract painter. Originally published in 1963, Yale University Press published a lovely revised and expanded edition in 2006, which is 3.25 cm (1.25 in) taller and includes a number of additional color plates.ĭesigners tend to think of Josef Albers (1888–1976) only as a color theorist because Interaction of Color is a classic design school text.
THE INTERACTION OF COLOR HOW TO
I’ve long thought of Josef Albers’s Interaction of Color as the one and only book you’ll ever need to understand how to use color as a designer.