Professional Color Palette Dictionary (4) (3-Color Palette Edition): 3-Color Palette Edition

Author: Shikawa Ikuyo
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book incorporates the feedback from readers of "Color Harmony Dictionary" and professionals related to color, aiming to provide a user-friendly color reference guide. It is a concise and focused new series of "Color Harmony Dictionary" designed to meet diverse professional requirements and systematize color schemes. The book is structured around various color tones. First, it divides the overall content into four major sections, then categorizes different tones into stages within the possible range, using print to illustrate them.
① White/Light/Brilliant Colors: Three stages of bright and clear intermediate tones.
② Cool Colors: Muted and gentle cool tones.
③ Warm Colors/Deep Colors: Bright and vivid warm tones and deep tones.
④ Black/Grey: Dark tones and dull, neutral tones.
It includes not only color combinations within the same tone but also rich pairings of other tones derived from them. Especially, earthy tones like camel and grey, which are frequently used, are categorized as neutral tones under cool colors. At the beginning of each chapter, the basic colors of the tone are presented as sample color blocks, cycling from yellow to color.