Color Palettes: Atmospheric Interiors Using the Donald Kaufman Color Collection

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Summary: I give COLOR PALETTES my highest recommendation!
Review: I can't say enough nice things about COLOR PALETTES (using the Donald Kaufman paint collection) and recommend it highly, along with it's companion book, COLOR: NATURAL PALETTES FOR PAINTED ROOMS, by Donald Kaufman. The two books give me all I need to know in order for me to choose colors for my home with confidence. As an artist, the theory behind Donald Kaufman's color palette is most illuminating, and I will be using what I am learning from these two books in my own work. Thanks, Mr. Kaufman and Ms. Butterfield, for putting together these beautiful and inspiring books. I hope you expand on your color theory in future books!!! I'll be first in line to buy them!

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Summary: Just a commercial
Review: I didn't know that this book was all about beige until I received my copy. Wish I'd read some of these reviews sooner.I want COLOR in my home. I also learned too late thath this person is simply selling his own paints and claims that you can't achieve what he is promoting, design wise, unless you buy his expensive paint. I feel as if I paid good money for a commercial! This book is a waste.

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Summary: Colors that aren't boring but are livable
Review: The person who wrote the review saying she was trying to get away from builder beige may not understand what these colors look like in person. They are anything but typical and boring. Donald Kaufman understands how mix colors with enough depth and luminosity that a neutral feels beautiful and not blah. I think Suzanne Butterfield's book is prettier and explains his precepts even better than his own books. I have a DKC blue in my living room and a DKC green in my dining room and I love them. The paint companies would like you to think that you should try bolder colors, but they're hard to choose and they're not all beautiful colors you'd want to live with. The DKC (and also Martha Stewart) palettes are limited for a reason. Not every color out there will look good up on your walls.

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Summary: Sadly old looking
Review: The reviewers who love this book must be looking at a different book than the one I received. Or maybe those reviews were written by the author's mother! This book is so dull and the color choices are so limited that I don't see how the book's contents begin to match the title. Color palettes? It's all variations on beigy colors-everything the subdivision builder put in our new home and everything we are now trying to get rid of. Atmospheric interiors? If you like the atmosphere of a brown grocery bag, then you might like this book. Give me COLOR, please, and not variations on a safe, dated beige scheme that my mother would like.

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Summary: A source of practical knowledge and inspiration!
Review: This book is easy to read and offers simple, but thorough explanations on the basic principals of colour (i.e., warm tons versus cool tons, colour intensity versus hue etc). It also gives the reader an easy to follow guide on how to go about choosing colour and how to tackle a painting project for any sort of room. A delight to read and filled with beautiful photos that are sure to inspire a decorator of any income.

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Summary: A source of practical knowledge and inspiration!
Review: This book is easy to read and offers simple, but thorough explanations on the basic principals of colour (i.e., warm tons versus cool tons, colour intensity versus hue etc). It also gives the reader an easy to follow guide on how to go about choosing colour and how to tackle a painting project for any sort of room. A delight to read and filled with beautiful photos that are sure to inspire a decorator of any income.

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Summary: Real color for real life
Review: This book is very good for those that realize normal colors exist. I can't decorate a home like a magazine because I live on earth. Color Palettes helps provide information on how to paint and decorate a home for those that can't afford $25k a room for bright reds and blues. It provides excellent suggestions and pictures for basic colors. I am very satisfied and highly recommend Color Palettes.

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Summary: Beautiful
Review: We got this book as a housewarming gift. I appreciated the thought but not the book. I moved into a "builder beige" house, and we're working to put color on the walls and in furniture and accessories little by little. You don't need a book to tell you how to decorate with the beige colors that this book promotes. I would be so depressed living with these "Donald Kauffman" colors.

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Summary: "Atmospheric" ?
Review: Well, this book was a big waste of money. If you want to live with all the "atmosphere" of a brown paper bag, buy this. If you want to put color into your home, don't.

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Summary: "Atmospheric" ?
Review: Well, this book was a big waste of money. If you want to live with all the "atmosphere" of a brown paper bag, buy this. If you want to put color into your home, don't.