Living Colors has proven to be a perennially popular guide to color for designers, artists, and color enthusiasts. Now reissued with a striking new cover, this indispensable double spiral-bound volume displays 80 classic color schemes from art and design history. From architecture and apparel to paintings and pottery, Living Colors draws on exemplary work in a variety of media and across a range of historical periods. Each scheme is individually presented, profiled, and illustrated in a handy gatefold format with representative four-color images and accurate color-bar reference for matching against the project at hand. From the dominant reds of ancient Egyptian ochers to the psychedelic palettes of the sixties, Living Colors will inspire professionals and laypeople alike in choosing colors for a multitude of uses.
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Augustine Hope is a writer and color and design consultant.
Margaret Walch is director of the Color Association of the US.
Margaret Walch is director of the Color Association of the US.
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53 of 53 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent analysis of color palettes across art history,
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This review is from: Living Colors: A Designers Guide to 80 Essential Palettes from Ancient to Modern Times (Spiral-bound)
This is an excellent book if you want to compare and analyze the basic color palettes used by various art movements and at different times in history. The unique double spiral bound book allows you to look at color illustrations and flip the palettes independently so you to compare and contrast palettes and artwork. I think this would be useful for artists and designers of all sorts including theatre designers.
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Great color palettes,
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I'm a graphic designer and this is a great book to look for color palettes. It explains what period the palette is from and gives you cultural information from that period. The palettes are different and beautiful. Margaret Walsh is a highly respected woman for her color knowledge.
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This book is an incredible reference for color theory and history. The inclusion of full panels of color reference make it one of the most useful books on the subject I've ever found.
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As in many periods before the Renaissance, there was no cult of the artist in ancient Egypt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
earth pigments, medieval stained glass, synthetic dyes, icon painting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Resource, United States, Josef Albers, Owen Jones, William Morris, New Mexico, Diego Rivera, Interaction of Color, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mount Vernon, Virgin Mary, First World War, Paul Poiret, Water Lilies, Agnolo Bronzino, Middle East, Andy Warhol, Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Courtesy The National Gallery, Henri Matisse, Jan van Eyck, Middle Ages, Stained Glass Spirituals New!
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As in many periods before the Renaissance, there was no cult of the artist in ancient Egypt. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
earth pigments, medieval stained glass, synthetic dyes, icon painting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Art Resource, United States, Josef Albers, Owen Jones, William Morris, New Mexico, Diego Rivera, Interaction of Color, Leonardo da Vinci, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mount Vernon, Virgin Mary, First World War, Paul Poiret, Water Lilies, Agnolo Bronzino, Middle East, Andy Warhol, Courtesy The Museum of Modern Art, Courtesy The National Gallery, Henri Matisse, Jan van Eyck, Middle Ages, Stained Glass Spirituals New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Interaction of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition by Josef Albers on 6 pages
- Water Lilies by Claude Monet on 4 pages
- The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones on page 50, page 72, and page 73
- William Morris by Linda Parry in Front Matter, and page 19
- New Mexico (America Series) by Tanya Lloyd Kyi on page 161
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- Modern Threads: Fashion and Art by Mariska Karasz by Georgia Museum of Art in Back Matter
- Earth Colors (Em Hansen Mysteries) by Sarah Andrews in Front Matter
- Maya 5 Fundamentals by Jim Lammers on page 46
- Maya 4.5 Fundamentals by Jim Lammers on page 49
- Color in Architecture : Design Methods for Buildings, Interiors, and Urban Spaces by Harold Linton in Back Matter
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