For courses in interior design, fashion design, product design, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, hospitality/restaurant design programs, educational facilities design, healthcare design. Exceptionally broad, deep, and authoritative in coverage, this integrated exploration of color and light incorporates not only the basics of color harmony and usage, but also information on the vast and often hidden ways in which color affects our everyday lives-culturally, psychologically, and physiologically. Based on well-controlled, scientific studies (which dispel the misinformation about color that has become commonplace), it spans a wide range of design areas and focuses on an understanding of the concepts of color and its application to all aspects of life including, health, aesthetics, interiors, architecture, fashion, graphics, etc.