Das Farbwörterbuch liegt geschlossen auf einem hellen Holztisch. Daneben liegen mehrere Materialmuster in unterschiedlichen Farben und Formen. Das Buch hat einen gebundenen Einband, der mehrere bunte Querstreifen hat. | RAL FARBEN

The colour dictionary lies closed on a light wooden table. There are also several material samples in different colours and shapes. The book has a hardcover that has several colourful horizontal stripes. | RAL COLOURS

The Colour Dictionary

THE COLOUR DICTIONARY: new dimensions in colour theory

Das Farbwörterbuch liegt geöffnet auf einem hellen Holztisch. Die linke Seite zeigt ein Kreisdiagramm sowie eine weitere Abbildung zu einem Adjektiv sowie textliche Erläuterungen. Auf der rechten Seite sind viele kleine Bilder zu sehen, die zeigen, was Probanden mit dem Adjektiv assoziieren. Dazu steht ebenfalls eine textliche Erläuterung. | RAL FARBEN

The colour dictionary lies open on a light wooden table. The left side shows a pie chart and another illustration of an adjective as well as textual explanations. On the right there are many small pictures that show what test persons associate with the adjective. There is also a textual explanation for this. | RAL COLOURS

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Colours speak to us in their own unique language. “THE COLOUR DICTIONARY” by colour researcher and trend consultant Professor Axel Venn in collaboration with designer Janina Venn-Rosky succeeds in capturing this unique linguistic world and transposing it onto a series of familiar adjectives. In this 864-page book, illustrated moods for 360 adjectives have been created on the basis of interviews conducted with 60 participants and subsequently transposed to the colours of the RAL DESIGN SYSTEM plus. The book offers a fascinating insight into the expressive and enthralling world of colour psychology and provides a constant source of new inspiration.

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Understanding the effect of colour, targeting colour in a focused way

Do you want to know how colours mirror words like “honest”, “likeable”, “tactless” or “endless”? Around 20,000 images illustrate the breadth and depth of colour associations with individual adjectives. 42 selected expressions are illustrated by expressive collages that demonstrate the effect of the colours associated with the expression when applied in practice. A large wall poster with an overview of all 42 expressions and their associated colours is included with “THE COLOUR DICTIONARY”.

Published by Callwey, the bilingual volume is a standard text in the fields of advertising, interior design, decoration and theory, and is an indispensable source of inspiration for trend consultants, designers, architects and craftsmen.

Colour and colour combinations have a different effect on everyone. What does my building contractor mean when he imagines a “tastefully” designed room or one with an “intimate” effect? What colour associations is he thinking of? The colour dictionary is an excellent “encyclopaedia” to compare language and colour associations with each other and to ensure that people are talking about the same colour mood.

Cordula Bahm, colour studio – colour design & interior design, Karlsruhe

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