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The Color Scheme Bible: Inspirational Palettes for Designing Home Interiors
100,000 sold in hardcover
It’s hard to imagine a more comprehensive look at color scheme possibilities.
–Los Angeles Times
What a cool idea for the color challenged among us… 200 combinations fit for a king and queen and their royal family.
–Booklist
When it comes to decorating, the endless color choices available are enough to overwhelm the most determined home decorator. The Color Scheme Bible solves that problem, and with hardcover sales of 100,000 its value is well proven. This lay-flat paperback edition is sure to be an equally popular choice.
With 200 color scheme ideas to choose from, The Color Scheme Bible is an easy-to-use and inspiring reference to using color in the home. It describes how colors interact and the effects they have on a room. It explains how to choose colors that complement each other for a subdued effect, and which colors and combinations energize a room. The book also includes 50 recommended palettes that can be used with different materials for refreshingly original color schemes.
Features include:
How color creates ambiance and atmosphere How to use color to give a small room the illusion of space and depth 200 distinctive color schemes inspired by nature, art, travel, and even a favorite possession 50 recommended palettes A “How to Use This Book” gatefold.
The Color Scheme Bible changed the way we approach choosing colors for the walls, floors and furniture in our homes. It is an essential handbook for decorators and interior designers.
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Ehhhh, not sure This book starts with a few pages about how to pick a color for your purpose. But what it really is, is a list of color schemes, one per page, 250 of them. Each scheme is five colors that she believes go well together. Two of the colors in the scheme are accent colors, the other three are the basic scheme. She lists 21 schemes for pinks going from palest peach to deep magenta. 23 orange ranging from persimmon to very dark brown. 23 yellows gong up to a deep ochre. So the range is from soft pastels to very harsh and very dark colors.Is the book worth it? I’ve not sure (hence the 3). I did find a couple of color schemes I liked in it, but I like yellow and there weren’t many schemes for soft clear yellows. Most schemes were for the more intense, deeper, muddier yellows that I don’t care for. I believe that’s true for the other colors as well. For my taste, I think I could have done as well playing with paint chips for an afternoon. Deliberately…
Colors Don’t Match Descriptions My main problem with this book is that the colors on the page don’t match the descriptions at all – it’s like the printer somehow changed and muted all the colors the author was talking about? Like she’ll describe a color scheme for “shocking neon red” but the color shown is a soft rose pink, or she’ll describe a color as “emerald” and you’re clearly looking at dark olive. So you really can’t tell what colors go together because all the other colors shown are way off, too. It kind of renders the book useless.