Living Colors: The Definitive Guide to Color Palettes Through the Ages

Hope, Augustine; Walch, Margaret

ISBN 10: 0811837297 / ISBN 13: 9780811837293

Published by Chronicle Books, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Living Colors: The Definitive Guide to Color Palettes Through the Ages
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811837297
• ISBN 13: 9780811837293
• Binding: spiral_bound
• Condition: Book in acceptable condition.
• Weight: 51 ounces

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Augustine Hope is a writer and color and design consultant.

Margaret Walch is director of the Color Association of the US.