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Summary: Book Repeats the Same Color Combinations Over & Over!
Review: I own many art books on color for interior design, fashion, desk top publishing and books on color for the artist and colorist. This book is over priced for the information and color samples which you recieve. I followed the instructions of tearing the samples out. I discovered that of the 50 or 100 samples that I removed from the book, that the colors of these samples were repeated over and over. In the end, I might have received maybe 12 to 15 different distinct colors in my samples. There were at least 6 or more of the same color samples repeated in my stack of color samples. The same color combinations were also repeated over and over in the book, i.e., for the chapter on Red, you would have combinations of that red with other colors, say, Blue as one of the colors in the sample group. Let's call that group sample group "A", for clarity in my explaination. Later, when you got to the Chapter on Blue, that same sample group "A" (consisting of that Red and Blue, etc.) occured again. The same small set of a dozen or so of the color groups were repeated in the various chapters of this book. The book is cute but not worth $28 in my humble opinion. It would be much more useful and cost effective to buy a color wheel and look at the various color combos. In this book, you're getting only a dozen or so unique color swatches and then the swatches are combined to form a dozen or so color combinations. Then these color combinations are repeated in the chapters that follow.
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Summary: The Same Color Combinations Repeated Too Often!!
Review: This color book is not as helpful as I would have expected. There are many color combinations in each chapter. But if you carefully review all of these color combinations through out the book, you will discover that most of these color combinations have been repeated in each of the different chapters. This book was a very big dissapointment to me! This is my second negative review of this book, but it appears that I mentioned price in my original review, thus that review wasn't listed here.... Now, after reading the rules, I'm re-writing my review. I have bought many, many books at Amazon[.com], and I must own practically every book I can find on the topic *color*. I must honestly say, that I was very disappointed with this guide on "color combinations"!! Every one has a different view on books and I respect that some people might love this book. But, I feel that other people should also hear opinions such as mine. If I had read more reviews, I might have found that this book wasn't the correct book for me! I do hope that this review does get listed here! If you are looking for hundreds of color combinations, maybe then this isn't the book for you. If you find that you need a quick & handy book on color combination, then maybe this book is what you really are seeking. I did tear out all of the color sheets and unfortunately I found many, many of the same colors were repeated in my stack of tear outs. Plus, I found many of the color combinations repeated in the various chapters, also! I had been using this book for decorating my house, but I found that there weren't enough color combinations contained in this guide to decorate in my preferred style which is French Country. Maybe another person will find this guide more useful then I did.
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Summary: I disagree on the previous review!!!
Review: This coordinator helped me in ways that reflect its use. Its NOT designed to create infinite color combinations but uses the colors at the core of its spectrum and creates a huge amount of shades and combinations....certain colors that look wrong together in a paint store, appear more appealing in this book... Im very impressed with the layout and would tell anyone thats interested in blending and comparing and understanding the nuances and meaning of certain color combinations to use this as a tool!!....
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Summary: I disagree on the previous review!!!
Review: This coordinator helped me in ways that reflect its use. Its NOT designed to create infinite color combinations but uses the colors at the core of its spectrum and creates a huge amount of shades and combinations....certain colors that look wrong together in a paint store, appear more appealing in this book... Im very impressed with the layout and would tell anyone thats interested in blending and comparing and understanding the nuances and meaning of certain color combinations to use this as a tool!!....
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Summary: A very handy guide for decorating and matching colors
Review: This has been the most helpful book I've discovered for matching colors as I spruce up my house. Flipping through all the color combinations gives me great ideas, then the really cool part about using the tear-out color strips to match my couch, then taking them with me to the store to match to the perfect carpet! No need to cart the whole book with me. I know it will also come in handy next time I go clothes shopping too. His other book, Dewey Color System, about color discovery in your life and understanding yourself through color sounds funs and fascinating - I can't wait to get it too!
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