Customer Reviews

The Complete Color Directory

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This book is mostly a collection of recipes for mixing your own colored paints. While they offer several recipes for each basic color, it is still an extremely limited color palette to work with. Worse, the blue section is extremely weak as most of the colors have a decidely purple tinge despite the fact that purple gets its own section. There are some nice colors in here, however, and people interested in making their own colors might do well to buy this book.

Perhaps most helpful to me were the brief discussions of each color and their best uses in the home. This includes a feng shui section for those who are interested in that.

Finally, the book also contains examples of which colors go well together which is a nice idea. At the same time, many of the example photos of these supposedly compatible combos are quite garish and ugly from my perspective (unlike some other color books that I've read recently) so its actual usefulness is limited at best.

In summary, this book is probably best for those who want to mix their own paint and perhaps want to learn about the feng shui characteristics of individual colors. Neither topic is explored exhaustively, however, and prospective buyers might do well to look for more comprehensive guides on these topics.

This book is a great reference for anyone interested in color, from beginners to experts alike. The book covers a wide variety of painting techniques, that are easily explained. Each color is explained and also the color is discussed in feng shui terms as wellas color therpy terms. A must for anyone who is interested in pursuing color a little further.

This book just tells you about very basic colours. Not helpful to me in learning to apply colour in different lighting situations, in different combinations - no discussion of colour theory.

The title of this book is a "false advertisement".

The Feng Shui sections, and the recipes for making one's own paints are far from practical.

The explanations and illustrations about what colors work well together are far from complete.

This is the book I had been looking for for many weeks... I found it very comprehensive. Being not too technical (there are other books on the how-to), it gave me great ideas on what techniques are possible and what the implications of a chosen color might be. i had never thought of mixing paint myself! i like the fact that it's has a separate section on each major color, and that it includes detailed thoughts on color therapy and feng shui. the swatches at the end are great to work with. the only negative comment i have to make is on the color mixes photos... most of the combinations don't look pleasant to my eye. overall, i truly recommend this book!