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Eye for Color, An | 
| Author: Olga Gutierrez De La Roza
Publisher: Collins Design
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 65692
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 8 x 1.2
ISBN: 0061210064
Dewey Decimal Number: 729
EAN: 9780061210068
ASIN: 0061210064
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
Developed by the Design Leader for Global Retail Hair at Procter & Gamble, An Eye for Color teaches readers how to develop their color sense. The book presents a unique, easy-to-follow system that the author developed to create effective color patterns, which differentiates it from the standard index-style books on the market that provide color combinations without placing those combinations in context. An Eye for Color shows how to build your own color index by "dissecting" a gorgeous selection of works used by master painters, graphic designers, fashion and furniture designers and craftsmen—all selected for their exceptional use of color. In addition, the book's compact design and irresistibly chunky format will make it useful and attractive to designers, artists, students, professionals, or anyone trying to find attractive color combinations. An Eye for Color is organized into chapters by color. In every spread, the author first presents the work of a designer or painter. Second, she breaks down the color palette of the work, providing color squares on the page in both RGB and CMYK configurations. Text accompanying each chosen image contains information on the artist's inspiration for his use of color and interprets it. The text also describes the technical, emotional and artistic qualities of the work. The third step is for the reader to replicate the color swatches with Pantone chips or a Photoshop print out and place them onto a rolodex card which would then become the basis for their own inspiration file. Perforated sheets at the beginning of each chapter will enable readers to immediately start building their rolodexes based on the examples shown in the book.
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Color by example October 18, 2007
Aaron B. (Philadelphia, PA USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
This book has no rules, theories, or much text at all for that matter -- just page after page of works of art and design, along with a color palette of two or more of the important colors in each of the works (given in RGB and CMYK). If you are trying to do a project where you can control your colors precisely (such as web design), you can simply choose a subset of the colors in one of the examples. In projects where you have less precise control (interior design for example) you can still get a lot of ideas by studying the examples in this book. If you have little experience with color selection and are looking for a fast path to finding a sophisticated color scheme for a design or to developing your color sense in general, this book is worth its weight in gold. This opinion comes from a person with no formal training and very little experience in visual design, but I suspect that, with more experience comes an even deeper appreciation for the subtleties of the examples in this book.
Colour as a sensibility. February 25, 2008
Ryan Z. Chu
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is one of the best books available to anyone interested in learning about the use and application of colour in design. Unlike many other books that deal with colour in a very theoretical sense, An Eye For Color takes a more practical approach - and in my opinion a more effective approach - towards understanding colour. It is essentially a book consisting of a large variety of artwork demonstrating colour application in multiple disciplines (examples include graphic, interior, products, fashion design, etc.). The selling point for me was the RGB and CMYK colour codes that accompanied each example. This allows me to view the colours used in an artwork side-by-side to further understand their interplay.
This book ultimately encourages one to experiment with colours, so opposed to trying to understand a set of theories, An Eye For Color works to enhance your sensitivity towards colour by giving examples of their application.
AN EYE FOR COLOR is a gem December 4, 2007
Maria D. Vargas (NYC)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
The author has taken an extremely complex task
and broken it down to its most basic steps.
As a designer and a teacher I believe this book
is an essential tool in every designer's hand.
An eye for color will empower professionals
and amateurs to take fear out of color.
The science of color is presented as a wonderful
statement of harmony so the user can enjoy
the creative process. Treasures like this are
hard to find.
The book's layout is also brilliant.
Bravo!
 Interesting concept April 20, 2009
She's crafty (Arlington, MA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I think that coming up with inspirations for new color palettes can be a challenge. I feel that this book does a good job of selecting a wide variety of subject matter to use for the basis of a color palette. It's not scientific at all, as the colors derived from the original work are subjective, but the palettes were interesting. I like that the colors are described with CMYK/RGB data, so that one doesn't have to attempt to recreate the colors shown.
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