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Thin on plot but rich in taste!:
I'm not sure how appropriate this book is for the under-fourteen set. It seems the author had 82 Gremlins, because the drawings are all in marker and the plot has too many twists and turns. While this may seem like a fine how-do-you-do to most, other may see it the other way, or maybe not. Color Harmony is bound, it has pages, it has both a back and a front cover, so I have to give it a sterling, or at least a pound, like with a mallet. 5 o'clock shadow is just the sort of thing to make you feel warm, but if your desk is tidy, you might not notice the squid. Overall, detournement is humorous and does something, even if its effects don't strike you until much later. Color terrorists and small snails should beware!
Not as good as I'd hoped:
I would have liked this book better if it listed the RGB values as opposed to the CMYK values. The color work I do is primarily on the web. I found some of the color combinations to be "outdated". Like maybe they were true when the book was written, but tastes have changed since then. I do refer to the book for color ideas though, as some are helpful.
For what I got this for, Its a 5..:
I didn't buy this as a study in the complex science of the study of color. I am an artist and I don't need this to choose a color scheme for a drawing... however... When faced with trying to decide what to paint the interior of my house. I bought this book. I was able to choose colors for the wall, ceiling and trim and see how they looked together...and than take the book (which is a fairly small paperback) with me to the paint store. Perhaps painting one room isn't a challenge but trying to manage colors thoughout a house was daunting to me...This book allowed me to visualize them together and apart before I bought the paint. I didn't find the text to be especially sophisticated but I didn't buy the book for the text. I bought the book only for the color examples and there are alot of them. The book has held together extreamly well and the pages are heavy and glossy. The binding is intact after several years. For the price, for what I bought this for, this was an excellent investment.
An insult to any but the color-blind.:
This book seems to be for "color" ......... Color Harmony 2 is an absurdly shallow and garish overview of one of the most sacred realms in art (and the human sensory experience): color. The author has the arrogance to make ridiculous statements about color--"rules" that we are expected to believe without context or proof. Consider these quotes, "Color combinations using yellow-orange or amber are the most welcoming." What??? And, "Elegant color combinations use only the palest tints" (a statement too absurd for comment). This is a heartless book. Look elsewhere for inspiration!
A fantastic resource for web site and graphic design.:
I was introduced to this book through a fellow web designer. Ever since then I feel lost without it. It is a great reference for color layout, combinations, and most importantly - attitudes colors protray. Now when I set-up a web page I use this resource to take the guess work out of which colors to use. If anyone has sat back and wondered what color combination would look best in a given situation - this book is for you.
| Author: | Bride M Whelan | | Binding: | Paperback | | Dewey Decimal Number: | 701.85 | | EAN: | 9781564960665 | | Edition: | Subsequent | | ISBN: | 1564960668 | | Number Of Pages: | 160 | | Publication Date: | 1994-09-01 |
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