A Tool for Homeowners, Designers, and Architects helps you master the art of color selection by showing you how to:

·Consider existing color context and work with what you've got·Set clear design goals·Visualize how colors interact·Understand the psychology of color·Ensure successful color design by following simple hints and tips

Effective color selection is a powerful tool in interior design, and this book will teach you how to use that tool. Included inside are more than 100 full-color images that illustrate all the key design concepts and more than 170 sample color palettes to draw on for color inspiration.

Do you have strong color preferences, but feel like you don't have the know-how to put colors together effectively? With the tips and techniques in this book, you can choose color like a professional. Every chapter offers practical advice and provides simple tools to organize your choices. More than 100 color images in a variety of styles bring the color palettes to life.

·Learn how simple color theory can help you select colors

·Draw ideas from sample interiors and color schemes

·Achieve your design goals using a step-by-step checklist

·Learn how to combine multiple colors in perfect harmony

With this latest volume of Interior Color by Design, you'll discover how to tap your individual color sensibilities and style. It will help you build the confidence to express yourself through the color and design of your personal environment.

INTRODUCTION

PART 1

Chapter 1 BASIC COLOR THEORY

 Attributes of Color

 Color Temperature

 How Colors Mix

Chapter 2 ARCHITECTURAL CONSIDERATIONS IN COLOR DESIGN

 Color as an Architectural Design Ingredient

 Interactiveness of Color Relationships

 Considering Context

 Color Hierarchy and Proportions

 The Psychology of Color

 Period Interiors

 Contemporary Interiors

 Principles of Color Harmony

Chapter 3 COLOR SCHEMES AND EXAMPLES

 Keeping It Simple

 Monotone Schemes

 Monochromatic Schemes

 Analogous Schemes

 Complementary Schemes

 Discordant Colors for Special Effect

Chapter 4 STEP-BY-STEP CHECKLIST

PART 2

COLOR SAMPLES

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

DESIGNER CREDITS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHER

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS