The Designer’s Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at 30 colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color’s creative history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian—whether the turquoise on a Reid Miles album cover or the avocado paint job on a 1970s Dodge station wagon. A practical and inspirational resource for designers and students alike, The Designer’s Dictionary of Color opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness its incredible power.

Sean Adams is the Executive Director of the Graphic Design Graduate Program at ArtCenter,

founder of Burning Settlers Cabin studio, and on-screen author for lynda.com/Linked In. He

is the only two term AIGA national president in AIGA’s 100 year history. In 2014, Adams was

awarded the AIGA Medal, the highest honor in the profession.

He is an AIGA Fellow, and Aspen Design Fellow. He has been recognized by every major

competition and publication including; How, Print, Step, Communication Arts, Graphis, AIGA,

The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director’s Club, and the Art Director’s Club. Adams has

been exhibited often, including a solo exhibition at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Adams is an author of multiple magazine columns, and several best-selling books. He has been

cited as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally, and one of the

top ten influential designers in the United States.

Previously, Adams was a founding partner at AdamsMorioka. His clients have included The

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney, Mohawk Fine Papers, The Metropolitan

Opera, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Richard Meier & Partners, Sundance,

and the University of Southern California.