| | |  | Design Books | Home » » The Color Scheme Bible: Inspirational Palettes for Designing Home Interiors | | | | | | | Description: | | A practical guide to using color successfully. The power of color is its ability to influence mood, create atmosphere, and enhance perception. As a result, one of the most effective ways to transform any room is by changing its color. Which colors to use is the challenge. The Color Scheme Bible is a practical, yet inspiring reference for those who want to take advantage of different colors without clashing. It contains 150 color scheme ideas for home decorators and interior designers. The book explains how to choose colors that will complement each other for a subdued effect, and which colors and combinations will energize the room. Topics covered include: - How color creates ambiance and atmosphere
- Using color to give a small room the illusion of space and depth
- How to create the feeling of warmth and light with color
- Distinctive color schemes inspired by nature, art, travel and even a favorite possession.
The book also includes a variety of color combination palettes that can be used with different materials for refreshingly original color schemes. The Color Scheme Bible is an essential handbook for home decorators and interior designers. (20050331) | | | Features: | |
• 200 carefully designed color scheme ideas
• Range of hues from bright primary colors to pale pastels
| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Anna Starmer | | Hardcover-spiral:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| Firefly Books | | Publication Date:
| April 02, 2005 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1554070325 | | Product Length:
| 8.22 inches | | Product Width:
| 6.34 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.45 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.2 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.5 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 61 reviews |
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85 of 85 found the following review helpful:
 Great resource for the color challengedSep 08, 2005
By K. DECKER
I have always had problems deciding what color combinations worked well together. So when I read a review about this book in my local paper I decided that this book might help. It has helped me visualize the color combinations I am considering for my master bedroom remodel. I now can pick a wall color & see at a glance what other colors will complement it, rather than just relying on my rather questionable "eye for color". It helps make the remodeling & redecoration process easier & definitely more fun for anyone who is color challenged!
I also like wire bound page format of this book. This makes it easy to keep pages open to the one's you are looking at & I feel that it will maintain its like new condition even after years of use.
46 of 46 found the following review helpful:
A superlatively useful bookJan 18, 2007
By Ed P,
This is a spiral bound book so it lies flat for convenient reference. It has an excellent introduction touching on the basics of color theory, but the main body of the book consists of palettes. There is a main color covering most of the page, with bands of two accent and two highlight colors superimposed on the main color. There is descriptive text giving the inspiration behind the palette and suggestions for how the colors might be used in the room. The book is divided into color sections (reds, yellow, etc.), with each section having around 20 different palettes. I must have checked 50 books on color in interior decorating out of the library, and this is the one I bought.
48 of 50 found the following review helpful:
 Ready made solutions for youDec 07, 2008
By Jackal
This book gives you a large number of (trendy) ready made palettes all with kitchy names (some might find the names inspiring). Pick one palette, apply and you're done. Not bad if that is what you are looking for, but I found it quite limiting.
If you are looking for something in more depth I can recommend Choosing Colors: An Expert Choice of the Best Colors to Use in Your Home. Its palettes have a larger number of colours so you get more flexibility in choosing. That whole books has a more serious tone and content. Its palettes come from nature or historical time so they are not necessarily trendy. Just bear in mind that using this book is going to be much more time consuming since there are so many choices. The benefit is hopefully going to be a more unique design.
It all depends on what kind of person you are and how much time you can devote to colour choices! Good luck!
24 of 26 found the following review helpful:
A must have for anyone doing color matching of any kind - 6 stars!Jan 29, 2007
By L. Silver
"home stager and redesigner"
Wow! This is probably one of the best purchases I can say I've made in a long time (and I make a lot of purchases!). I am a Graphic Designer and I have a Home Staging and Redesign business as well. I bought this for the Home Staging business as a tool to use with clients who need additional help visualizing and conveying their idea of colors and tonal ranges. It has been a life saver! I have used it with everyone so far and they all comment on what a great item it is to have with the business and to help communicate with customers. This book screams BUY ME!!! You won't regret it.
14 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Helpful, in a General Sort of WayJan 12, 2009
By Beaumont Hardy
"Beaumont Hardy Editing"
This book is more useful as a general resource than as a source for specific color help.
Another reviewer said that this book would work better if you had a "blank slate," and I agree. If you have white walls and need inspiration, this book has innovative color combinations that could lead to very interesting interiors. You might find yourself thinking things like, "I never knew orange and green could work together," etc.
However, if you already have a particular color in mind, this book can be somewhat difficult. For example, if you have decided to paint your walls gray and wonder how red might work as an accent color, you will need to look elsewhere, as the book makes no mention of this particular combination. There is also no clear illustration of a color scheme with violet as the dominant color and yellow as its accent.
This book could be helpful to decorators who want to give their clients an idea of a color scheme or to people who want to make a complete color scheme change and need some ideas. However, it's less helpful for people who have a dominant color in mind and just need some guidance with possible secondary or accent colors.
As another reviewer said, it would also be helpful to see photographs of the book's color schemes. Some are so unusual (woad blue walls with plum accents) that it would be fun and helpful to see them in actual rooms.
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