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Summary: Superlicious
Review: A superlicious gem, this one shines before all two of my bright eyes like a beaded glow-monkey. I open this tiny fat treasure book and a new and sweet idea comes spritely upward and i can't wait to try yet another marvel of color.
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Summary: Not a Professional, but Helped a Lot
Review: Although not a professional, this guide helped me with understanding color how to deal with printers in that medium. Thanks!
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Summary: The Biggest Little Design Book...
Review: As a graphic designer, I already have a good sense of what colors go together. However, this indespensible little book can speed up the process of design. I can't tell you how many times I've picked it up, found the color scheme that worked with a certain project, and punched in the RGB or CMYK numbers that accompany each color scheme. The book is divided into color scheme "types" depending on the mood. For example, sections include Progressive, Muted, Browser Safe (useful for web design), etc. And at the price it's being sold for, can you go wrong? The other books in the series are great too, but this is the "must have" volume in the series. Hope that helps.
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Summary: Must have for design students
Review: Color Index has been a god sent for me as a design student. When the colors just are not working well together or I'm having a difficulty making up my mind I turn to this book and it has saved me on more then one assignment. My dear friend who has been in the design business for over 10 years suggested it, and she also uses if frequently. It's also one of the first books I suggest to students just starting out.
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Summary: A great color book
Review: I bought this book along time ago and I have been using it forever. It is a great book because not only it produces great colors it also tells you the RGB and CMYK values. You don't have to frantically look for the colors in your computer you can just enter the numbers and get the colors right away.
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Summary: A must for designers of all levels & a well-built book too.
Review: 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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Summary: Lots of color combinations
Review: I just received _Color Index_ in the mail yesterday and really enjoyed browsing through all the color combinations. There is a lot of information packed into such a small book. My only complaint about the book is that the author doesn't give hexadecimal numbers for any of the colors except the ones in the Web-safe palette. For those of us who sometimes choose to use nonWeb-safe colors for Web design, adding the hexadecimal values for all colors would have been useful.
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Summary: a must have for anyone in design
Review: i purchased all the books in the index series, and they are all helpful, but this one is by far the most useful of them all! it is easy to go through, i love how the color combinations are separated by effect. my favorite thing of all is that it's so durable. being hard on books like i am, i only wish that more people constructed their books this way. a must have for anyone who works with color!
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Summary: For MUCH more than just graphic design
Review: I purchased this little vinyl-covered book at my favorite artists supply store about a year ago and have never regretted it for a moment. As a jewelry designer I find it inspiring for helping me get over a color-scheme block when I need another tone or "voice" in a piece; I've used it when deciding what colors would work well together in a recent bathroom remodeling job; I've given copies of it to friends who make clothing, purses and pottery. I've carried it with me to wholesale bead shows and used it to check for interesting color combos on the spot. Its division into color themes .. each with two, three and four-color formulas makes it easy to find something to match a general "feeling" or look .. intense, cool, muted, Urban Chic, rich, neutral, earthtone, etc. Each color formula is then presented in a design, for a visual that gives you a quick idea of what the scheme looks like in use. There are many additional advantages to this little book; not being a graphic designer, I can't speak to the "potential for error" the author mentions, but it feels like a minor issue compared to all the positive things this book has to offer.
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Summary: Pocket Size Book, Way Too Small!!!
Review: I recently purchased this book and was somewhat dissapointed because I was not expecting a pocket size design book. Of course I should have read the dimensions of only 1.07 x 5.86 x 4.90. The color combinations are OK but they are too small, very difficult to use. I recommend looking for a bigger book were you can visually see the color combinations. After all, color design is not done on the road so there is no need for a pocket size book. I think the publisher was trying to save on printing costs.
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