- Paperback: 720 pages
- Publisher: How Books (31 Oct 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1600613330
- ISBN-13: 978-1600613333
- Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 17.3 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 437,729 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
With over 2600 color combinations, this set is all youall need for solutions to your color problems It contains the original best-selling Color Index and Color Index 2, and together they comprise the most comprehensive color-selection tool out there. Providing multiple palette possibilities for every project, this complete collection is an indispensable tool for designers, illustrators, photographers, crafters, fine artists and others. Each color palette includes a swatch, an example of the colors used in a design, and accurate CMYK and RGB formulas, making it easy for you to find appropriate colors and implement them immediately. The palettes in Color Index are divided into categories based on the moods they evoke, while the palettes in Color Index 2 are based on color families. No matter your preferred method for searching, youall be able to easily reference hundreds of hues at a glance.
About the Author
Jim Krause has worked as a designer in the Pacific Northwest since the 1980s. He has produced award-winning work for clients large and small, including Microsoft, McDonalds, and Seattle Public Schools.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book trying to save money. I initially found this book useful, but I'm not keen on a lot of the colour combinations and the one time I did use a colour combination for a professional printing job, it printed much darker (could have been any number of reasons). I have now bought PANTONE 4-Colour Process Guide Set Euro (just the coated version) off ebay for half price. Much more useful and more logical when searching for a colour.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Great book, but calibrate your monitor!
11 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I thought the book was a little whacked until I realized my monitor was out of calibration. I used the Eye-One Display 2 Monitor Calibrator to calibrate my monitor and now I am getting colors that are VERY close to the book.
There isn't much to say about it except that is it very easy to use, very intuitive, and will have you making better color choices without having to learn one single thing about color theory. You can be completely color-theory illiterate and still make great choices using this book.
In fact, you could be writing hex code for html on a monochrome monitor, while using this book, and still get it right!
The book is split up into sections based on color. "Combination of blue hues" is the first section cluster. Within that section is "Blues + neighboring hues", "Blues + opposing hues", "Blues + neutral hues", and "Blues + black and tints of black." These section clusters continue for Reds, Violets, Orange, Yellow, and Greens. At the end you will find "Mixed combinations of Saturated Hues", "Mixed Combinations of Semi-muted Hues", "Mixed Combination of Neutrals and Muted Hues", Mixed Combination of Neutrals and Saturated Hues."
I highly recommend this book, just be sure that your monitor is calibrated before you start complaining about the book's color numbers being wrong (like I initially did.)
There isn't much to say about it except that is it very easy to use, very intuitive, and will have you making better color choices without having to learn one single thing about color theory. You can be completely color-theory illiterate and still make great choices using this book.
In fact, you could be writing hex code for html on a monochrome monitor, while using this book, and still get it right!
The book is split up into sections based on color. "Combination of blue hues" is the first section cluster. Within that section is "Blues + neighboring hues", "Blues + opposing hues", "Blues + neutral hues", and "Blues + black and tints of black." These section clusters continue for Reds, Violets, Orange, Yellow, and Greens. At the end you will find "Mixed combinations of Saturated Hues", "Mixed Combinations of Semi-muted Hues", "Mixed Combination of Neutrals and Muted Hues", Mixed Combination of Neutrals and Saturated Hues."
I highly recommend this book, just be sure that your monitor is calibrated before you start complaining about the book's color numbers being wrong (like I initially did.)
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Great Design Tool!
19 Nov 2008
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
These are great little books. when I ordered it I thought it was going to be one full sized book that combined the contents of both the previous Color Index books, but it is not -- instead it's a "Box set" of the two little ones. Since I didn't own either of the previous indexes, I was not at all disappointed. I thought I was going to want it all in one book, but actually I like this better -- the two books are set up to be "searched" on different criteria -- sometimes you know what color scheme you want and sometimes you know what mood you want -- there's a book for each instance. I really appreciate that the color combinations are presented both in bar swatches and also in a mocked up design so you can really see the colors interact.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Great color book for ideas!
7 Feb 2008
Format:Paperback
This book is really helpful when you're stuck using the same color palettes over and over. His first book was good too, but this one is grouped by colors instead of being so random. It's a small book and great to have near computer for when you need a creative boost.
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