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Summary: Great color combinations
Review: I bought this book because I wanted to venture off into different color schemes. I found myself stuck using the same colors in a lot of my work. This book broadened my horizons, many color combinations and the author tells you how each color is portrayed by the human psyche. I just wish the author had all the Pantone colors in this book!
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Summary: Desktop Publishing Essential Tool
Review: I give high marks to Leatrice Eiseman for giving us a book we can actually use! This book has become an essential at my work station, with it's exceptional use of examples, hundreds of color palettes and fantastic layout. A pleasure just to browse through. It's a book, it's a tool, it's a guide, it's an idea starter. Add it to your collection.
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Summary: A *TERRIFIC* color reference book
Review: I happened upon Leatrice Eiseman's book through a graphic design book club membership that I have. This book is a constant source of ideas for me as a designer. I utilize this book for inspiration... a launching pad for color schemes, themes and palettes that I haven't found anywhere else.Color has huge importance in the world of design and communication - Leatrice's book walks you through clearly, distinctly and with excellent examples and direction. I've taught classes on Color Theory and Using Color and I wouldn't dare step in front of my classrooms without this book in hand. I refer it to colleagues and students every chance I get. Whether you are in print design, digital media (that's me) -- or simply love color and it's applications in all mediums... you will benefit from having this book in your library.
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Summary: Pantone!
Review: I have several books on color harmony, but most of them were written in process color formulas, which was not so helpful for those of us who are doing 2- and 3-color work. I have even needed to do some projects with 6 spot colors in which using a build of colors was not the best way to go (at least not if you want vibrant color!) Anyway, that this book is Pantone made it way more valuable than the other books I have. I don't even look at them anymore. There is still use for good books on color theory, but this is more of a quick reference for getting colors which "play nice" on the page and it has been a good timesaver for me.
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Summary: Love it! Love it! I would actually buy more than one
Review: I have this book at work. It is indespensible. I am buying it for my home. I think I need a copy for every desk I am ever at. This book is amazing with its themes. Turn to a theme like "calm", and the left side of the page will have ads and pictures showing how these evoke a calming effect. Then on the right, there's pantone groups with a main color, secondary, and accent. This book is a must-have for graphic designers and even people who do web design. It is the first book I refer to at work when I need inspiration.
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Summary: Love it! Love it! I would actually buy more than one
Review: I have this book at work. It is indespensible. I am buying it for my home. I think I need a copy for every desk I am ever at. This book is amazing with its themes. Turn to a theme like "calm", and the left side of the page will have ads and pictures showing how these evoke a calming effect. Then on the right, there's pantone groups with a main color, secondary, and accent. This book is a must-have for graphic designers and even people who do web design. It is the first book I refer to at work when I need inspiration.
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Summary: Great Tool!
Review: I love this new book. As a graphic artist, color selection has been a weak area for me - I know when I finally get the right picks, but often the process takes me too long. This guide is a great time saver, with lots of color combinations to choose from, nicely catogorized by moods or feelings that they can provoke. It is also a very good educational tool on the basics of color for new students or for a refresher for anyone. The book is beautifuly laid out with wonderful color pictures. An added benifit for graphic production is the handy table in the back of the book that converts Pantone colors into 4 and 6 color process percentages. A Great Buy!
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Summary: Color inspiration for every project
Review: I need to come up with lots of design ideas constantly and this is the best resource of its type. It's open on my desk constantly. And it makes a great gift for designer/artist friends who love to play with color. It's simple, doesn't go into a lot of theory (read Itten and Albers for that), but the color combinations are wonderful--with really nice layout examples. It's designed for print (CMYK) but works just as well for Web design (RGB). It really is one of my favorite books.
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Summary: Pantone's Guide to Communicating with Color
Review: I probably use Pantone's Guide to Communicating with Color more often than any other design resource book. It's the first book I refer to when starting a new project if I'm the one to determine the color palette. Not only does the book give a good overview of what different colors mean to a viewer, it includes more than 600 color palettes in 28 categories. Each category lists the feeling that is evoked and provides Pantone numbers for each palette - a "grab and go" feature I've used on low-budget and/or rush jobs. Finally, the book is full of outstanding real-world examples of projects using the palettes discussed. Even if I'm working on a project with an already established color palette, I turn to this book for design inspiration. In my opinion, this is a must-have book for any designer.
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Summary: Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
Review: I read Eiseman's color guide literally cover to cover. I am not only impressed with the way she writes about color, from the perspective of color psychology, but that she is able to effectively organize an extensive series of exquisite palettes according to so many different "feeling states." I teach color theory in my two-day Dynamic Graphics Training course and had always recommended another book that has a similar
approach--Designer's Guide to Color 5 by Ikuyoshi Shibukawa and Yumi Takahashi [Chronicle Books, San Fran]--but Eiseman's palettes are better, color-wise. And they use a more sophisticated presentation by having both a dominant color and surrounding secondary colors, as well as offering a more extensive library of palettes. And they not only give CMYK values like the Color 5 book, but also the PMS spot color and the hexachrome color values. And of course the beautiful layout and typography of the book add quite a lot to the book's seduction. It's utterly enticing! Well worth the investment.
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