This handy practical color combination book is an easy-to-use, one-stop resource for choosing color schemes and combinations for a variety of uses. From designing packages for sweets or cosmetics, to developing merchandise and using color as a marketing communication tool; from picking colors for graphics/fashion/textiles or looking for color scheme ideas for your arts and crafts, this book is an essential tool for designers, decorators, marketers and advertisers, as well as people interested in color and crafts.

If you're from the "I don't know zip about color - but I know what I like" school of color theory, this book's for you. You won't find color wheels or lectures on color harmony here . . . just 500+ tried-and-true color combinations derived from actual design work - posters, packages, even giftware - created over the past century by designers, artists and color experts. You'll find historical color combinations from the Victorian period, Art Deco era, Far-out Sixties, Rave craze - plus current color combinations, such as limited color, "bad color" and much more. Even if you don't know what you're looking for, you'll know it when you see it here. It's not just what colors you use, but how you use them. That's why the color combinations in this book are arranged in simple, sample layouts rather than pages of out-of-context swatches. Complete with color formulas in CMYK, these layouts show you which colors work for backgrounds, borders, type, outlines, panels and small text, so you can easily adapt them to your designs.

Offers a resource of two thousand color combinations for graphic designers, containing RGB and CMYK readings for print, Web, and pigment color designs.

"Color Inspirations contains some of the very best color palettes from the popular website COLOURlovers.com, organized by color family in a logical, easy-to-use format. In this complete reference, you'll discover 3,286 fresh, inspiring color palettes--ready to be applied to your latest design or project and complete with accurate CMYK, RGB and HEX values. In fact, you can use the included CD to import any color palette into your design software immediately. This comprehensive book also includes a brief primer on color theory and an inspiration section that will help you discover new color combinations in the world around you. It contains everything you need to find the best color palettes for your project in a snap."--Publisher description.

Here is the original comprehensive guide to making successful color choices and color combinations. Including over 1,600 combinations, this little book packs a big punch, solving color questions through photographic and descriptive examples.

Inspiring color palettes to help mix and match.