An account of the properties of colors and their use in decoration, advertising and other spheres of everyday life. Functional use of color in office, factory, and domestic equipment is discussed, and sequences show how color and design combined bring attractiveness to manufactured goods including bicycles, sewing machines and typewriters.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
002240
Language
English
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching
Crafts & Visual Arts → Color - Physiological aspects
Crafts & Visual Arts → Color - Psychological aspects
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Color - Psychological aspects
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Color - Physiological aspects
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)