Color Mixing Bible: All You'll Ever Need to Know About Mixing Pigments in Oil, Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Soft Pastel, Pencil, and Ink
This fine book covers color theory for beginners. Sidaway (The  Instant Artist) offers brief sections on the science of color,  theory, and pigments, plus numerous color-mixing charts in oils,  acrylics, watercolors, gouache, soft pastels, pencils, and inks.  Stephen Quiller's book Color Choices: Making Color Sense Out of  Color Theory, originally published in cloth in 1989 and now out  in paperback, is for the advanced artist who wants to experiment  with glazing methods or study the color theory of Rembrandt,  Turner, Vermeer, Hopper, O'Keeffe, and John Henry Twachtman.  This inspiring, creative approach to color could well be  supplemented by David Pyle's What Every Artist Needs To Know  About Paints & Colors, which covers vital health and safety  issues and the use of color in computer graphics.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.