Color Scheme

Change the way you see color forever in this dazzling collection of color palettes spanning art history and pop culture, and told in writer and artist Edith Young's accessible, inviting style. From the shades of pink in the blush of Madame de Pompadour's cheeks to Prince's concert costumes, Color Scheme decodes the often overlooked color concepts that can be found in art history and visual culture. Edith Young's forty color palettes and accompanying essays reveal the systems of color that underpin everything we see, allowing original and, at times, even humorous themes to emerge. Color Scheme is the perfect book for anyone interested in learning more about, or rethinking, how we see the world around us.

Describes how colors interact to affect the ambiance and atmosphere of a room.

This innovative book explores color basics and how-to techniques for every room in the house. 16-page color insert.

Choosing a Color Scheme explains all you need to know to use color effectively and to your home's best advantage. You'll learn the basic principles of working with color. Discover how professionals design with color to make all the rooms in a home flow seamlessly from one to the next or to change the perception of a room's size. Understand the ways in which light, pattern, texture, and color affect each other and how they can be manipulated. Dozens of ideas are beautifully illustrated with color photographs, including wallcovering, fabric, and floorcovering swatches that make it easy to understand how to pull all these elements together in one handsome interior design.

700 color schemes with hex codes. [ GREAT VARIETY ] There're 350 four-color combinations and 350 three-color palettes for your inspiration. [ PAGE THEME ] Each page is a color theme on its own. Not only can you use a particular color scheme, but also combine ones from the same page. [ SIZE ] 8,5 x 8,5 inches book. No need to squint to see how colors go together. [ FEATURES ] 10 color schemes per page (70 color scheme pages in total), glossy laminated cover, 60# (100 GSM) paper. [ ART GIFT ] Makes a great and useful gift for professional artists, designers, crafters, art school students, coloring book lovers, art teachers.

This handy practical color combination book is an easy-to-use, one-stop resource for choosing color schemes and combinations for a variety of uses. From designing packages for sweets or cosmetics, to developing merchandise and using color as a marketing communication tool; from picking colors for graphics/fashion/textiles or looking for color scheme ideas for your arts and crafts, this book is an essential tool for designers, decorators, marketers and advertisers, as well as people interested in color and crafts.

Inspiring color palettes to help mix and match.

This updated edition of the classic covers new tools and trends, including current browsers, access methods, hardware, and software. Includes tips to secure project funding and provides strategic guidance for all types of libraries.