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Color Workbook - Fourth Edition

The 4th edition of Color Workbook by Becky Koeing, maintains it’s place on the list of good general texts for color/2D design course use. Some small updates have been made ( Computer Color chapter is now Digital Color ) but none that have significantly changed the overall direction of the material given. I hoped that this new edition would offer a more expanded and accurate explanation on color management. This topic is just as important as color theory, materials, and interaction.  Color management can present many pitfalls if not understood and applied correctly. Given the gravity of this topic, the all too brief mention lacks detail and accuracy. For example, emphasis should be given to the importance of calibrating each device in the workflow to an established “standard”. That standard is then used as the benchmark by which all devices are to be matched. This text misleads the reader by not putting this important subject in the first paragraph of the Computer Color chapte