Color in Interior Design (Hardcover)

~ John Pile (Author) "The use of color is central to all work in interior design..." (more)
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Product Description

Create dazzling color schemes for any indoor space. You'll quickly sharpen your color skills--and open the door to a more rewarding and profitable career with John F. Pile's Color in Interior Design. He takes the mystery out of working with color, showing you step-by-step how to plan color relationships in an organized and systematic way...prepare color schemes for interiors...make color charts...select materials...put together color samples...work with additive and subtractive color...understand the psychological impact of color...use color in functional spaces...and solve a wide range of practical color problems. This hands-on color design tool packs illustrations of the best color work by well-known professionals--plus a survery of color in historic interiors that will guide you through restoration and adaptive reuse projects.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070501653
• ISBN-13: 978-0070501652
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #126,923 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

75 of 76 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Extremely useful., August 9, 1999

By A Customer

I'm a do-it-yourself homeowner, not a professional, but I found this book to be a great resource as I plan out my house. "Scientific" enough to let me understand why color combinations work as they do (and help me design my own schemes) while still completely clear to the lay person. If you're serious about understanding color, this is an extremely useful book.

55 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Basics of Color Design, December 19, 1999

By	Jon Evans (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

I found this book to be extremely useful in learning the principles behind choosing color schemes. As with anything, application and practice will fine tune one's abilities, but C.i.I.D. proved to be an excellent resource guide. Highly recommended!

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Amazing Mr. Pile, February 7, 2006

By	Valerie J. (West Yorks, UK) - See all my reviews

If you are an interior design student and you want good interior design books, then, in your search, just key in the words "John Pile". You just cannot go wrong. I have them all. Thanks, Mr. Pile. The books are well written, well produced, the paper excellent, photography excellent. Most of all, I like his style of writing, of getting his ideas across. He makes a student's life so much easier.