TY - BOOK TI - Color for architecture SN - 442266197 AV - NA 2795 .C65 1976 PY - 1976/// CY - New York PB - Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, Inc. KW - COLOR IN ARCHITECTURE N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The effects and meaning of colour (a short review) -- 2. Colour in the architectural environment -- 3. The functions of colour in architectural settings -- 4. A definition of colour for the designer -- 5. Test findings, observations and notes on the effects of colour -- 6. The natural colour system and its application to interior and exterior environments (The Swedish studies) -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - This book has been produced out of an awareness that colour, as a basicand vital force, is lacking from the built environment and that our knowledge of it is isolated and limited. Research studies carried out into the meaning and effects of colour have been spasdomic, and findings, if potentially useful to the designer, are often communicated in a language he finds difficult to understand ER -