Faber Birren | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | 11 September 1900
Died | 30 December 1988 Stamford, Connecticut | (aged 88)
Occupation | Color theorist |
Faber Birren (11 September 1900 – 30 December 1988) was an American writer and consultant on color and color theory. [1] [2]
Faber Birren was born in Chicago, Illinois on 11 September 1900, the son of Joseph P. Birren, a landscape painter, and Crescentia (Lang) Birren, a pianist. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago while in high school and the University of Chicago for two years where he studied color theory. [2]
He began publishing articles on color in 1924; his first book, Color in Vision was published in 1928. [3]
In 1934 he established his own company and worked as an industrial color consultant, advising clients on the psychological effects of color on safety, employee morale, productivity and sales. [3] His recommendations included changing wall and interior colors to reduce visual fatigue, and using bright colors on machinery to reduce accidents. [3] DuPont, Monsanto, and General Electric were among his clients as well as the military. [1]
He also wrote extensively on color, writing forty books and over 250 articles on the subject. [2]
Birren died in Stamford, Connecticut on 30 December 1988 after a stroke. [1]
Birren married Wanda Martin and they had two daughters, Zoe and Fay. [1]
In 1971, Birren donated nearly two hundred books about color, many of them rare, to the Yale University Library. He also established an endowment for color research. [2]
Faber Birren | |
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Born | Chicago, Illinois | 11 September 1900
Died | 30 December 1988 Stamford, Connecticut | (aged 88)
Occupation | Color theorist |
Faber Birren (11 September 1900 – 30 December 1988) was an American writer and consultant on color and color theory. [1] [2]
Faber Birren was born in Chicago, Illinois on 11 September 1900, the son of Joseph P. Birren, a landscape painter, and Crescentia (Lang) Birren, a pianist. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago while in high school and the University of Chicago for two years where he studied color theory. [2]
He began publishing articles on color in 1924; his first book, Color in Vision was published in 1928. [3]
In 1934 he established his own company and worked as an industrial color consultant, advising clients on the psychological effects of color on safety, employee morale, productivity and sales. [3] His recommendations included changing wall and interior colors to reduce visual fatigue, and using bright colors on machinery to reduce accidents. [3] DuPont, Monsanto, and General Electric were among his clients as well as the military. [1]
He also wrote extensively on color, writing forty books and over 250 articles on the subject. [2]
Birren died in Stamford, Connecticut on 30 December 1988 after a stroke. [1]
Birren married Wanda Martin and they had two daughters, Zoe and Fay. [1]
In 1971, Birren donated nearly two hundred books about color, many of them rare, to the Yale University Library. He also established an endowment for color research. [2]