Eclectic Color Roundup: Photography from Jerry Monkman & Jessica Eaton, Forms of Color Book, Colorful Lipbalm & Nobody Wants the White Crayon

Photography

Jessica Eaton

Portfolio | via Golden Age

Jessica Eaton is a Canadian artist working in photography. She is based in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.

The Colors of Fall by Jerry Monkman

Exhibition @ Kennedy Gallery | Photos by Jerry Monkman

"'The Colors of Fall,' chronicle his journeys through the fall foliage season in New England. From the hills and valleys of New Hampshire's White Mountains and Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, to Maine's rugged Acadian coast, Monkman captures the colorful scenes unique to our area in autumn." - seacoastonline.com

Monkman and wife Marcy live in Portsmouth and are known for conservation photography.

Must Read Color Books

The Forms of Colour by Karl Gerstner (1986)

Designer Books | via Jude Stewart

"The book begins with an analysis of existing graphical colour spaces and the advantages, as Gerstner sees them, of the ‘uniform colour space’ (UCS) developed by Günter Wyszecki. He then goes on to examine form systems, i.e., developments in geometry since Euclid, including perspective, topologies and fractals. Using geometric systems as generative devices for formal exploration leads Gerstner into an examination of the intricacies of Islamic art. Thanks to a simple pattern obtained from a Moroccan craftsman, Gerstner succeeds in taking the reader through a sequence of examples outlining the countless variations possible and the underlying structural components of the system..." Continue reading at Designer Books

Products

Bonbon Lip Balm

bonbonbalm.com | Jack Featherstone

The bold colours and geometric shapes reflect the juicy flavours inside. Designs by recent graduate, Jack Featherstone.

Header Comic: 'Nobody Wants the White Crayon'

by Natile Dee | via Jude Stewart