Alexander on Web Development

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The first (and last) time that I worked with color theory was in a one-semester art fundamentals class while at the 4th year of high school. I recall our art teacher taught us about something called the color theory, but one thing I don't remember is what is color theory. Probably I didn't understand the material very well because I was much more into the [JROTC program](https://www.usarmyjrotc.com/ "Army JROTC Program Home Page") (I was in a [military academy](http://www.amapr.org/ "Amercian Military Academy Home Page")) and international politics (I was leading an awesome but time-consuming [United Nations model](http://cyberschoolbus.un.org/modelun/index.asp "UN Model Home Page")) than into art. But times have changed and since I have been deeply involved with web development and design around four years ago I have wished many times that I remembered the lessons of that introduction to art class. I went to Borders - a religious practice - looking for a book that re-introduced me to the color theory, but with a focus on how to apply it to the web I found this 341 page jewel. What motivated me to buy Visual Design for the Modern Web was Chapter 5 - which delivers more than 40 pages of rock-solid color theory goodness. Here's the breakdown of the topics I learned: - Traditional - or print - (CMYK) color theory. - Digital (RGB) color theory and it's differences with traditional color theory. - Working with colors on the Web - Color attributes: Hue, Value, Saturation, Temperature - Subtractive and Additive color modes - Colors, tints, shades, tones - Color schemes: monochromatic,complementary, triad, analogous, warm, cool - Color contrast - Background Colors - Color and accessibility Chapter 5 was so delicious and well written I ate it all with just a single venti cinammon dolce latte capuccino at one of my nearest Starbucks, I don't remember which one tasted better.