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Watson-Guptill
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Super Guide for Colors) 『This book will makes your life easier by guiding you in choosing the right ccolor combinations to reach the desired hue.
It is simple to use and accurate; don't waste your art supplies by mixing the wrong colors. Great for people like me, afraid of color.』
(Color Mixing Bible:...) 『I think this book covers most of what you need to know about color. I like the color charts for each medium. I still think you need to make your own charts, because colors vary. But the color charts in the book are good for reference. I think it could be stronger in the area of color theory, but as a reference book it is good.』
(color mixing bible) 『This book is the best l've seen. Very easy to understand and excellently laid out making very easy for the beginner to learn the basics of color mixing.』
(Need advice on this book) 『Have not read this (but gave high ratings because it appears to be pretty much an all-encompassing color theory book), but to post I MUST give a rating. Apologies Amazon.
I am trying to figure out if it would suit my need, which is a book which guides how to mix most shades and tones in the spectrum, via proportion, based on the CMY (Cyan/Magenta/Yellow) primaries.
Does this book cover many different shades and the proportions needed *working from cyan, magenta&yellow*? If not, could anyone PLEASE suggest to me what book DOES?
--if you know, of course :)
Hope you reviewers see this post!
TYVM!』
(Color Mixing) 『Very good for all types of artists. It even has inks for us printmakers!!!』 『Mixing colors accurately may be an art unto itself. In fact, many artists are discouraged by the time and expense it takes to mix and match colors, and achieve the right results. Even more frustrating is the vast range of colors available. Now there's a ready-to-use visual directory that takes all the guesswork out of mixing and matching colors . . . making every artist an expert! Color Mixing Bible provides a basic color palette for each art medium, demonstrating an array of two-, three-, and four-color mixes, as well as offering full explanations of various paints and pigments. This invaluable guide features scores of tips and techniques for color mixing with oils, acrylics, watercolors, inks, pastels, and virtually every other art medium. It also includes in-depth information on how to determine the opacity and strength of a color, choose a color palette, mix whites, arrange and organize colors prior to mixing, use optical and physical mixing techniques, and much more! Plus, hundreds of color illustrations make everything simple. Whether one is an aspiring artist or working professional, Color Mixing Bible is an essential addition to every bookshelf.』
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How
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (One of my favorite references) 『A great color reference for any graphic artist. A variety of sample color combinations included (Pantone specific). Color choice can be a powerful psycological tool in a design. This book helps define what moods or emotions are evoked by different color palettes.』
(Great Color Reference book for every kind of designer, or even fashionista) 『This book is a beautiful, beautifully put together quick reference to color! The illustrations, to-the-point text, and the resource of pallets makes it a great starting point or cheat-sheet to using color on designs for the concious mind. It has helped me greatly on basic projects like page layout, websites, and application design. This is a must have quick reference for anyone who cares about color harmony and psychological impact or stimuli of self or one's project/product on one's audience and needs on the fly application of the same. I highly recommended.』
(A Designers Necessity) 『Let's start by saying that I've been a Graphic and Multimedia Designer for over 10 years now. Like all beginners I used to think that design was all about what ever you liked best. Well thats worth a good chuckle these days. As an experienced designer will tell you there's a lot more to good design than personal preference. Matter of fact it's more like a science than anything else. Once you start diving into color theory and color association you begin to realize that there's quite a lot of information to retain and that there's a right and a wrong color for everything.
Well here's your reference guide!
This book has sat on my desk for the 4+ years that I've owned it and has definitely seen better days. The pages are falling out, the cover is beat ta heck and page 63 in particular has been scanned so that I could fold it up and put it in my pocket more times then I can count.
Leatrice keeps her explanations simple and direct and reinforces them with stellar designs of well known products from top notch agencies. She adds a large section of color palettes in the middle but they've become a bit dated since the release of this book. Some of them are still nice and will at least inspire you to play with some similar colors.
As an added bonus the back of the book has the CMYK values for all of the pantones if you're one of the cave dwellers that dont have a Pantone booklet (shame on you!).
This is not the definitive color theory hand book! You wont become a master after reading this and there are quite a few design fundamentals that are not included. But it is a terrific and beautiful reference that you'll find yourself digging through constantly for information and inspiration.
It belongs on your bookshelf.
Nuff said. 』
(Extremely helpful tool) 『Sometimes it's nice to have a resource like this on hand and ready to employ at will...
I've found this book to be very helpful in my recent endeavors.』
(COLOR!) 『I love this book! I am a visual presentation designer by trade and therefore did have some color theory classes in college, so much of the information given in this book was not foreign to me. However, the way the colour combinations are divided into moods, and the suggestions that go along with them make this book an absolute "must have" for any designer or artist's library!』
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Golden Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (It's like "Eraserhead" for kids. And that's good.) 『This book is a hallucinogenic mind-freak that makes almost no sense at all--and it's great. My kids love it. I love it.
THE COLOR KITTENS is the story of two cats who paint. They live in a world in which all the colors apparently already exist, but yet they are the ones who have yet to make all the colors of the world. They don't, however, have any green paint, so there's no green in the world, but they really like green, because everything they already really like in the world is green. Their reality is a psychedelic and contradictory maelstrom of lyrical color, and then the cats have a long dream about color, and then they wake up and spill their paint, and then all their spilled paint goes out and gives color to the world which we saw..wait...didn't there world already have color...? Yeah, it did. What the...?
It's freaky, and it makes no sense at all, even internally, but it's really not about making sense or telling a coherent story--it's really about creating a world of vivid brightness, a world that connects from image to image in an associative, dreamlike way.
In that sense, this book is a lot like David Lynch's classic psycho-horror film, ERASERHEAD, in that it's more about mood and a dreamlike state than it is about progression or anything literal. It is, admittedly, much less creepy than ERASERHEAD, which is good, since it's supposed to be a kids book, and I don't want my kids to have nightmares. Like ERASERHEAD, however, the story, already very dreamlike, is interrupted and eclipsed by an actual dream, making the "reality" that bookends the dream seem all the more surreal, like something you were never really in and can never really return to. In ERASERHEAD, the main character goes from psychotic drudgery and responsibility, to having his head ground up into pencil erasers. In THE COLOR KITTENS, the cats who paint the world go from mixing paint to a tree that magically changes color when you count, and also to dancing easter eggs.
The book is lyrical, and delightfully weird, and almost biblical in its phrasing. "O wonderful kittens! O Brush! O Hush!" The illustrations aren't perhaps as memorable and trippy as Garth Williams' pictures in LITTLE FUR FAMILY, but they are good--simple and schizophrenic, straight off a Haight-Ashbury 1960s mural about the power of culturally diverse acts of community service.
I didn't like this book when I first read it to my daughter, but that's only because I'm an adult, indoctrinated by a lifetime of trying to make sense of everything. Once I read it from my three-year-old daughter's point of view, however, I could really see the appeal--the appeal of pure color and feeling, oddity and dream. It's a good book for kids in that way, because it's probably a lot like how most kids experience the world--not as a straight adult narrative, but as a wild wash of strangeness and the new.
If you have kids as young as two or three, pick this one up. They're sure to enjoy it, and you might find your mind stretched a bit from it as well. It's something else.』
(Childhood Favorite!) 『This little gem, written by Margaret Wise Brown (of Goodnight, Moon fame) the same year I was born, was read to me as a child, and it was a favorite of my own (now grown)children. The combination of her poetic prose and the wonderful original illustrations are transporting. I bought a bunch so I would be sure to have them on hand for shower gifts (I couldn't find them for the longest time.) A wonderful, wonderful book.』
(YEA The Color Kittens!!!) 『I absolutely LOVE this book! It's one of my childhood favorites, and I was excited to be able to replace it! The pictures are dream-like, and the book is great for introducing color concepts/words to young children. The book is so much fun; they'll read it over and over! I know I did! : D』
(Still a good book.) 『Unfortunately, this isn't the full-sized book I remember from my childhood (it's a rather cheap imitation that probably won't hold up to multiple readings). But the pictures and story are still the wonderful ones I remember.』
(retro golden book) 『The Color Kittens (Little Golden Book) I am so excited!!! This was my favorite book my mother read to me in the late sixties. I have searched garage sales, etc hoping to someday find a copy. I searched for it on amazon.com and sure enough I found it. I felt like a little girl again when I opened the package containing this book! The cover is the same as I remember. I quickly read it to my little girl. It has it's own special spot in my china cabinet amongst many antique and childhood favs.』 『Once there were two color kittens with green eyes, Brush and Hush . . .So goes the rollicking tale of two pouncy kittens who make all the colors in the world. First published more than 50 years ago, this much-requested title is now available as a Little Golden Book Classic, with its original cover!』
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El Publishing
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Remarkable Family) 『Through all of the abuse this family made it. The author captured my heart. I could not put this book down. Eloise should have killed her husband when he fried that rat and made their son ate it because he wet the bed. I have told some many family members and friends about this book and have encouraged them to purchase it. It is sad but very true how so many black families endured abuse from their parent(s) especially from the father, (head of household). I think it all stemmed from SLAVERY. Thank you L.Y. Marlowe for writing this book. This is the story of so many families.』
(GREAT BOOK!!!) 『This book was amazing from start to finish. It was so interesting that I breezed right through the 400 plus pages. I highly recommend this book to any and every woman. Whether you suffer from domestic violence or not, all of us could learn something from this book. I look forward to reading more books in the future by Ms. Marlow.』
(Fantastic read!) 『My book club selected this book for our September meeting. I wasn't thrilled about reading when the book when I saw that it had over 400 pages, but this feeling quickly changed. This is a wonderful easy read, but more importantly, it tells the generational story of abuse experienced within one family. The reader is able to see what occurs in three generation of women who have suffered abuse, and the fourth generation where it's finally broken.
I highly recommend this book.』
(Book Club Recommendation) 『This book was chosen by one of our book club members. The book was amazing...I could not put it down I kept telling myself okay one more chapter and then another and so on. The story made me cry, made me angry, made me think about my life and my circumstances. It showed me the true strength of a woman. I truly know why children are so much closer to their mothers's. Please read this book it's a quick read and you will thank me for my recommendation. Enjoy and remember to cast thy burdens on the Lord and he will sustain thee. L. Y. Marlow you are an amazing woman.』
(Color Me Butterfly) 『I am amazed at how this book was put together from a real true story. It was great to read. I am sorry her father never got to understand his personal life how he became so evil and I do not blame the kids for not wanting to see him or talk with him. Some of the horrible treatment he gave their mother and his children and only think he got was nothing.』
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Watson-Guptill
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Making Color Sing) 『Very easy to read, useful information. I haven't finished reading the book, but I have already applied a lot of the suggestions to my own painting and improved them tremendously. She even suggests a good way to lay out your pallet that makes it easier to find the color you are searching for. I love how she uses a limited pallet and still gets all of the colors necessary to create beautiful paintings. This should be helpful to any watercolor artist, or even painters in other media.』
(singing along with paint) 『i learned of the book making color sing in an art workshop. It is not a new publication, however 'still in print' and it gives many processes for use of color that i feel any artist would profit by having a copy for reference..and achieving special effects. great guide book. one for the 'watercolorist's personal library'』
(Great information in this book) 『Making Color Sing
I am new to the medium of watercolors and have found this book to be very helpful. The author keeps the selection of colors to a minimum in order to keep your costs down but also helping you to learn the aspects of what each color can do. This is a book that I feel I can really learn and become a better artist.』
(Making Color Sing) 『"Into" watercolor? If so, this is a 'must have' reference that will not stay on a shelf, but be nearby your painting/study area as a useful tool in mixing and painting with watercolors. Not only is it written in clear and precise language and well illustrated with examples from the author as well as other artists, but it also is chock full of practical, valuable information on pigments, color theory, application techniques, and tips and hints for problem solving in case of unexpected consequences. I found this book easily readable and useful to both decorative artists and fine artists, experienced or beginner. It covers both the why, the what with, and the how to of watercolor application and much of the theory is applicable to other media as well. Even the non-painter will look at works of art with new eyes after reading this interesting and informative text. Making Color Sing Making Color Sing』
(Making Color Sing) 『This book was suggested by one of my Art Teachers in College. It was in answer to my question in regards to studying more about the use of colour in watercolour painting. It has yielded a wealth of information. I look forward to working my way through the rest of the book and applying the knowledge it contains. Would make a great short course textbook too. Highly recommended for anyone wanting to know more about the use of colours in their painting, regarding of the medium they choose.』 『Through easy-to-follow exercises, this manual seeks to stimulate new ways to think about colour, generating responses that unlock personal creativity and allowing artists to express themselves with paint as never before. Readers are shown how the interplay of complementary hues can trigger vibrations; how the push and pull of warm and cool colours can create a feeling of space; how to disguise one colour in a scene to accent another; and many more tips.』
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Peachpit Press
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Already outdated?) 『Published almost 4 years ago, this book is already pretty outdated.
Good for the basic principles, but the things that were future concepts like multiple ink-sets and pigmented+dye inks couldn't be explained because they weren't really around yet.
Technology moves so fast, it's hard to make books that keep up.』
(Real World Color Management 2nd edition) 『A very nice technical written book for the lay person to understand, lots of charts and internet addresses to do more rechearch.was a fun book to work with.』
(Real World Color Management) 『This is the definitive resource on color management for professional creative communities.
Color management is a complex subject akin to rocket science and brain surgery. When you need to know particular details at a level of depth rarely covered elsewhere, this is the place to go. This is your last stop before dipping into color science textbooks.
Despite the high level of information and the wealth of detail covered the text is actually lucid. This is no small feat.
Better graphics would make this an even better book.
Need to know why to specific a white point of D65 when profiling your monitor? This book will explain it. Need to know how to build and edit a printer profile? This book is for you. Need to know how gamma relates to a color space? This is the book. You get the idea.
Also included is an essential sections of the science behind visual perception.
But wait, there's more. The book also covers how color management works within various applications from Adobe Photoshop to Quark Express.
This is an essential reference book for anyone working with digital media.
See other books I recommend here: http://astore.amazon.com/johnpaulcapon-20 』
(Real World Color Mnagement) 『I received my order very quickly, there weren't any problems with the package, and the book is exactly what I was looking for.』
(The color encyclopedia) 『This book must be studied for all who have a color workflow. Designers, photographers and print managers must know what's going on once color's become numbers. It's amazingly easy to read and understand. I'd put it first on my book shelf!!!』 『
Every graphics professional worth his or her salt knows the importance of color management. No matter how much thought artist and client put into the color scheme for a given project, all of that work is for naught if you can't get your results to match your expectations. EnterReal World Color Management, Second Edition.In this thoroughly updated under-the-hood reference, authorsBruce Fraser, Chris Murphy, andFred Buntingdraw on their years of professional experience to show you everything you need to know about color management. Whether your final destination is print, Web, or film, Real World Color Management, Second Edition takes the mystery out of color management, covering everything from color theory and color models to understanding how devices interpret and display color. You'll find expert advice for building and fine-tuning color profiles for input and output devices (digital cameras and scanners, displays, printers, and more), selecting the right color management workflow, and managing color within and across major design applications. GetReal World Color Management, Second Edition--and get ready to dazzle!
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Wiley
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (This is an everything book for rendering!) 『I bought this book at an ASID national convention and promptly brought it back to my design school and recommended it as required text for a visual presentation class. It is well laid out, has easy to follow tips and tricks for both hand and computer rendering. I wish I had found it earlier!』
(Amazing!) 『I am a beginning artist. I am especially interested in drawing. This book has fabulous examples of using marker, pastel and colored pencil for bringing a drawing to the next level. The ideas brought forth are exactly what I have been searching for. The book also has references to other books which I have acquired. I also use graphic programs at work. This book takes a hand drawing into Photoshop for the next level as well. Awesome book!』
(gerat book for any designer) 『this book is an awsome book for any designer intrested in improving their presentations, the book is very thorough and deals with a wide range of subjects....very recomended!!!!』
(It's well written) 『It is a very handy book, but this edition is leaning more towards photoshop capabilities. The tips it gives for computer rendering are nice to know but I think it's sacrificing a bit of the hand rendering information which I would have liked to see more of.』
(great book) 『I am an Interior Design major and my professor recommended this book for the use of Prismacolor markers. It gives you great advice on how to render (coloring using the Prismacolor markers to show colors and shadows) and different techniques so you can get the effect you want.』 『The Third Edition of Michael Doyle's classic Color Drawing remains the ultimate up-to-date resource for professionals and students who need to develop and communicate design ideas with clear, attractive, impressive color drawings.
Update with over 100 pages, this Third Edition contains an entirely new section focused on state-of-the-art digital techniques to greatly enhance the sophistication of presentation drawings, and offers new and innovative ideas for the reproduction and distribution of finished drawings. Color Drawing, Third Edition Features: * A complete body of illustrated instructions demonstrating drawing development from initial concept through final presentation * Finely honed explanations of each technique and process * Faster and easier ways to create design drawings * Over 100 new pages demonstrating methods for combining hand-drawn and computer-generated drawing techniques
Step-by-step, easy-to-follow images will lead you through digital techniques to quickly and easily enhance your presentation drawings.』
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North Light Books
Usually ships in 24 hours IPhone 3G used's review (Good book for Plein Air Painting) 『This book helped me launch myself into plein air (painting outdoors) in oils. He recommends a limited palette of colors, and gives lots of encouragement on getting lots of painting done, by working in simple shapes; simplifying the masses and details, working very small at first. I have done about 40 plein air paintings since reading this book. Good for beginners to advanced. I am an advanced artist, but new to oils. I think this is the best book I have found so far on plein air painting.』
(Great Book) 『Really terrific book! I highly recommend it for anyone beginning in oil paintings as well as seasoned painters. It is down to earth, great instruction and his paintings are beautiful! You can definitely see his growth in his painting in his second book - also terrific, however the second book - Painting Inside and Out - reads in places like an advertisement for a couple of companies and products - didn't appreciate that much, but otherwise - also a fantastic book - even for the photos alone -』
(Wonderful!) 『I have been painting and studying art for many decades - this is a really great book! I keep re reading!』
(Oil Painting with Light and Color) 『Great book, was told about this from an art instructor, saying this was one of the best you can buy and have in your library.』
(REAL help for a struggling painter) 『AWESOME book packed to the full with inspiring paintings&photos, really practical tips for the would be painter, and help over all those overwhelming and sometimes insurmountable difficulties confronting the aspirant oil painter. Replaces mystery with method. I'm really thrilled to have discovered Kevin Macpherson's approach to painting "plein air" and am already seeing the fruits of applying it.』
