The Pocket Complete Color Harmony: 1,500 Plus Color Palettes for Designers, Artists, Architects, Makers, and Educators [Paperback]

This pocket-size version ofThe Complete Color Harmonyfeatures the color explorations, insights, and palettes included in the original version in a handy, take-along size. It’s the one color reference designers need.

Get an introduction tousing the color wheeland discover thekey aspects of color, such as warm, cool, pale, and bright. Then, delve intomoods and colorand see how a wide variety of palettes can come across as earthy, powerful, regal, calm, dependable, and more.

In this book you’ll discover:

• Hundreds oforganized color palettesthat can be used for a variety of art and design projects.
• Why certain colors attract.
• How colors evoke certain moods.
• Advice on choosingthe best colors to work with.
• ACMYK process color chartandcolor swatchesto make choosing colors and palettes easy.

With all the expert information in this convenient portable guide, you’ll feel confident in every color choice.Tina Sutton is a veteran color, consumer trends and fashion marketing consultant for product developers, corporations and advertising agencies. She has researched, written about and lectured on the psychology of color for numerous publications, arts institutions, and television and radio programs nationwide. Sutton was also a longtime style and features writer for The Boston Globe, and author of The Making of Markova: Diaghilev’s Baby Ballerina to Groundbreaking Icon, a highly regarded biography of legendary dancer Alicia Markova.Introduction
The Color Wheel
How to Use Color
The Color Chart
The Process
Aspects of Color Hot
Cold
Warm
Cool
Light
Dark
Pale
Bright Basic Color Schemes
What’s Your Color?
Moods and Color Powerful
Rich
Romantic
Vital
Earthy
Friendly
Soft
Welcoming