Comfort Colors: Palettes for Liveable Rooms

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Summary: Unhelpful and Uninsightful
Review: A number of pictures of overdecorated rooms with very little information on how one would achieve the color effects pictured (assuming that one would want to at all). Typical unhelpful text that constitutes the complete explanation of a picture: "Anne Tarasoff of Anne Tarasoff interiors says 'Red was the color selected by a client stating that it made her happiest when she wore red or stayed in a red room.'" The sparse text used aside from that which captions the pictures is, although it hardly seems possible, even less helpful. A typical example: "Research indicates that there are certain segments of our population that entertain more than other segements; their decorating priorities reflect an interest in hospitality."

There are several significantly more helpful books on color palettes available. Don't buy this one.

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Summary: Unhelpful and Uninsightful
Review: Lovely photos with very brief commentary. I browsed it and sent it back because it did not come close to meeting my expectations. If I want pretty pictures, I can get them in a glossy magazine, with more extensive text.

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Summary: Beautiful Photos but lacks applicability
Review: Lovely photos with very brief commentary. I browsed it and sent it back because it did not come close to meeting my expectations. If I want pretty pictures, I can get them in a glossy magazine, with more extensive text.

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Summary: Comfort COLORS?
Review: The book should be entitled "1000 shades of beige". I bought the book to learn how to bring some color into my home.
This is certainly not the book for those that are trying to develop some color courage.

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Summary: Great guide to color
Review: This is a wonderful book that shows you how to use color to create comfortable living spaces. It is packed with great color pictures with brief captions plus a more detailed text for each chapter and sprinkled with insightful comments from experienced designers.

The book starts out discussing color and how it affects our well-being. It also explains color theory and then shows rooms including triad, complementary, monochromatic and analogous color schemes. An entire chapter is then devoted to neutrals. I liked one room with a wood floor and black furniture that was accented with a variety of brightly colored bowls and vases.

Each of the primary and secondary colors is explored in it's own chapter. Here we have rooms in which the design centers around one major color and can see varied moods and styles that can be created with that color. My favorite was a little girl's bedroom with violet walls and a fantasy castle mural. I also like one with yellow chairs and Asian character throw pillows.

The book wraps up by showing you what colors designers use most for living rooms, dining rooms, family rooms, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms. This can be very important if you want to redecorate your home, but may need to resell it and some point. In the back there is a bibliography and an index of both designers and photographers with contact information.