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Art Theory for Web Design
Jennifer Golbeck, George Washington University

ISBN-10: 1576761428
ISBN-13: 9781576761427

Publisher: Addison-Wesley
Copyright: 2005
Format: Paper; 64 pp
Published: 06/28/2005
Status: Instock

Net price: $12.00 (What's this?)

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A basic understanding of both color theory and graphic design theory is beneficial to all Web designers. This book provides a concise introduction to the key principles of color and design theory for Web students.

Chapter 1: Color Foundations for Art Theory

- Understand the RGB color system

- Learn to describe colors with 256 values in decimal and hexadecimal

- Introduce the color name system

- Understand the use of web-safe colors

- Learn how color is created in HTML and Cascading Style Sheets

Chapter 2: Color Theory

- Describe the basic principles and terminology of color mixing.

- Introduce color schemas and understand the aesthetics of color composition.

- Learn how to apply the doctrines of color theory to web design

Chapter 3: Graphic Design Theory

- Learn the basic elements and principles of design.

- Understand how these design formalisms are combined to produce different effects.

- See how these design examples are used in artwork and web pages.

- Practice implementing this artistic design into web page design.

Appendix A: HTML Color Reference

Appendix B: Artworks

Art/Design (nonmajors) (Computer Science)
Internet / World Wide Web (Computer Science)
Web Programming and Design: Numerous Mark-up / Scripting Language (Computer Science)
Web Design: Aesthetic / Layout Principles (Computer Science)

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