Comfort Colors: Palettes for Liveable Rooms
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.40 (653 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1564964647 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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After sharing undergraduate courses in art and English at Albion College in Michigan, John and Melanie Aves have been involved in art and design throughout their careers and their thirty-year marriage. They have been involved with the publication of over 20 books on interior design, many of which have been translated into several languages and are sold throughout the world. John consults with several home furnis
Great guide to color This is a wonderful book that shows you how to use color to create comfortable living spaces. It is packed with great color pictures with brief captions plus a more detailed text for each chapter and sprinkled with insightful comments from experienced designers.The book starts out discussing color and how it affects our well-being. It also explains color theory and then shows rooms including triad, complementary, monochromatic and analogous color schemes. An entire chapter is then devoted to neutrals. I liked one. Unhelpful and Uninsightful A number of pictures of overdecorated rooms with very little information on how one would achieve the color effects pictured (assuming that one would want to at all). Typical unhelpful text that constitutes the complete explanation of a picture: "Anne Tarasoff of Anne Tarasoff interiors says 'Red was the color selected by a client stating that it made her happiest when she wore red or stayed in a red room.'" The sparse text used aside from that which captions the pictures is, although it hardly seems possible, ev. Comfort COLORS? A Customer The book should be entitled "1000 shades of beige". I bought the book to learn how to bring some color into my home.This is certainly not the book for those that are trying to develop some color courage.
Comfort Colors beautifully illustrates how professional designers use the power of color to elicit an emotional response or create a mood in a room. --Features a diverse range of decorating styles shown in more than 250 color photographs --Includes insightful tips from designers on how to solve the problem of color selection in interesting ways This expansive volume-created by experts-offers color combinations for a variety of rooms that will inspire designers and homeowners alike.
. Melanie has been associated with various schools and universities as teacher, professor, and a lifelong student in the field of art and journalism. They have been involved with the publication of over 20 books on interior design, many of which have been translated into several languages and are sold throughout the world. About the Author After sharing undergraduate courses in art and English at Albion College in Michigan, John and Melanie Aves have been involved in art and design throughout their careers and their thirty-year marriage. John consults with several home furnishings companies on marketing and design development. The Aves have three daughters and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan