Product Description
Every designer needs a little inspiration now and then - particularly when it comes to colour. Color Index is fuel for creativity. It provides more than one thousand colour combinations and formulas to help creative professionals thing through design dilemmas and create effective graphics for both print and the web. From progressive colours to natural tones. Color Index makes choosing hues for any job easier. Anyone can start working with colour in exciting ways to create original, eye-catching designs that pop off the page.
Some help for the afflicted - Reviewed on 2005-10-17
8 customers found this review helpful.
Like 5% of the male population, I have red-green color deficiency. I build a lot of web pages, and trying to find a pleasing color scheme that also matches the mood I'm after is a maddening process of asking my wife, "How does this look?" and having her reply, "That's purple; it doesn't go" over and over.
This book got me past all that. It is simply a collection of color combinations that work, grouped into categories like "Active", "Quiet", "Natural", etc., with sub-categories like "Art Deco" and "Earth and Sky". Besides the color swatches and samples, each color comes with its RGB components, so duplicating them on a web page becomes a snap.
I wish the book were larger physically, so as to allow for bigger swatches, but that's a minor complaint. For anyone who has trouble with color, this book is a godsend.
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