Design Library 

I hope you will enjoy this sampling of some my favorite resources on color and other topics of interest. Other favorite related items will be here also, among the books. Note: entries are shown alphabetically by title, so be sure to see the entire list! Contact me if you have favorites you'd like me to consider for this page!

Book List

Color & Human Response: Aspects of Light and Color Bearing on the Reactions of Living Things and the Welfare of Human Beings

Filed under: Architecture,Books,Color Philosophy,Psychology of Color — bjacobs @ 12:45 pm


Faber Birren, the original architectural color consultant whose research on color and resulting color specifications for the workplace helped millions of industrial workers during World War II.

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Color – Communication in Architectural Space


Color - Communication in Architectural Space (Hardcover)

By (author) Gerhard Meerwein, Bettina Rodeck, Frank H. Mahnke

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In this recent followup to Frank Mahnke’s first book, he collaborates with colleagues Gerhard Meerwein and Bettina Rodeck , presenting this comprehensive approach to using color in architecture. The focus is on the physiological, psychological and neurophysological aspects of using color in the built environment.


Color and Culture / Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction



An exhaustive academic analysis of color in Western culture, from the ancient Greeks up to the late twentieth century.

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Color and Meaning

Filed under: Books — bjacobs @ 12:33 pm


An examination of the phenomenon of color from multiple perspectives. Gage also includes an overview of the twentieth-century literature that relates to historical interpretations of color in art.

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Color in Three-Dimensional Design

Filed under: Architecture,Books,Interior Design — bjacobs @ 10:02 am


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Boston area architectural and interior designer Jeanne Kopacz brings a well-rounded and complete approach to the title’s subject, with the emphasis on how color affects all areas of the design process. I was delighted to be a resource for the section on Visual Color Mixing.


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—Jonathan Henke, Owner Zen Gardens, Inc. Cambridge, Mass.

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