- Turtleback: 357 pages
- Publisher: How Design Books (Mar 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1581802366
- ISBN-13: 978-1581802368
- Product Dimensions: 15.5 x 11.9 x 2.9 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 572,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Color Index - A Perfect Designers Resource,
This review is from: Color Index: Over 1, 000 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Turtleback)
The colour index provides a fantastic wealth of colour and ideas, this clearly and well printed book is great for experienced designers and beginners alike, it clearly provides colours in a pattern form, side by side to give you a clear feel for their association.It will give you great ideas for your colour schemes for any type of design or print work, it covers from soft pastels to vibrant striking colour schemes and many more to fire your creative imagination. The clear RGB and CMYK colour codes make it really easy to put your colour scheme to work immediately within whatever your chosen work application. All in all an excellent resource.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Low in color theory, high in colors,
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This review is from: Color Index: Over 1, 000 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Turtleback)
Those who expect to find a decent explication why to use this or that color combination will be hugely dissatisfied. There are max. 20 small pages who in very general terms explain the background why to use this or neither colorcombination.But those who, as me, want a straight forward approach, with lost of ready made combinations to choose from, will have a feast. Colorcodes are given in RGB and CMYK but why not in HSB, as this is a more easy approach for the beginner. As it's a small page size, it's something you can lay besides your keyboard and have a quick look in, when you are uncertain which combination to choose. Straightforward and no fuzz, but low in the explication department.
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4.5 out of 5 stars (57 customer reviews) 109 of 118 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Look at the pictures, but don't read the copy,
By Stephen Laskevitch "Adobe Certified Instructor" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Color Index: Over 1, 000 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Turtleback)
This book provides a designer with a fabulous resource for generating color schemes/combinations quickly and easily. In that respect, it inspires. However, the author provides recipes (CMYK and RGB values) "checked for accuracy", never stating on what media those values may be valid. He then excuses himself by saying that "the potential for error exists". The implication that a set of CMYK values is in any way "accurate" beyond the inks and papers used for this particular publication is so, eh, mid-1990s. A true, but technically more challenging statement of the color values should have been made with device independent Lab values. Then anyone with Adobe Photoshop, for example, could reproduce the samples on his or her own media. This is, in fact, what Pantone does. And aspiring web designers beware! The author clearly has little but old and second-hand knowledge of the facts of color on the web. He describes the anachronistic "browser safe" colors as if most computer users still had old 8-bit (256 color) monitors, and as if there was ever color consistency across them. In those bad old days we fought dithering (the "speckles") in solid fills by choosing from amongst the 216 colors Macs and PC monitors had in common. Those days, except for some dusty intranets here and there, are gone. deceased. expired. However, neither then nor now could we count on consistency on our viewers' monitors--unless we can strongarm our audience into calibrating and profiling them. These particular rants aside (the writer sighs benignly), the color examples are truly wonderful, useful, and inspiring. In short, fabulous for samples, but not for accuracy of data. 43 of 44 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Stuck for a color combo? Look here!,
By Gwyneth Calvetti - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Color Index: Over 1, 000 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Turtleback)
I'd heard about this guide on websites devoted to scrapbooking, and when I finally tracked it down, I almost didn't buy it. I looked at it and thought, "What the heck?" It is pages and pages of color combinations, arranged according to color groupings, with suggested "moods," like "retro." So what? I thought.
However, my respect for the work of those who'd recommended it overcame my initial doubts. As a designer in paper arts, I tend to get into my color ruts, and choose the same basic color combos. "Color Index" has helped me break out of my rut in a couple of different ways. Sometimes, when I just don't feel inspired, I'll simply sit down with the book and page through it, tabbing color combinations I find interesting or appealing. Later, when I'm working in my studio, I'll take a look at the tabbed combos for ideas I can use. Other times, I may know of one color I want to use for a design, but am stuck for accents to use. I'll take the paper I've chosen, page through the combinations and take into consideration those "moods" as well. I've discovered many combinations of color I'd never have considered otherwise, like tan with deep burgundy, accented by bright turquoise. Sounds like a bizarre mix, but it worked for that project, which was eventually published by a major scrapbooking magazine. The book isn't flashy like other design books, but I've found it to be a dependable while inspiring workhorse in my studio. 17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must for designers of all levels & a well-built book too.,
By "sage@mailops.com" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Color Index: Over 1, 000 Color Combinations, Cmyk Amd Rgb Formulas, for Print and Web Media (Turtleback)
I have more reference books on design than, well... more than I care to count. These include a number on color - but most guides are really fixated on Pantone - which is odd considering that 4-color work is more common. This book is always by my side. Its schemes are fantastic in cmyk, rbg and websafe. Its categories are much better than most of the color guides I've seen (and bought). What's more - its size and sturdy plastic covers are great - and unlike almost every other design reference book I own - THE BINDING IS SEWN - so THE PAGES WON'T FALL OUT. There is nothing more infuriating than a good reference that falls apart before it even gets a good try. Everyone else who reviewed this book mentioned its many other fine points. But I have to add this one, particularly after the glue on one of my Robin William's books melted on a first read. This BOOK IS VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE. Worth every penny! |
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