2000 COLOUR COMBINATIONS

This book is a rich resource for anyone looking for inspiration and guidance on colour combinations. It contains: a hunge range of combinations, with full readings for both CMYK (for print design) and RGB (for Web-based and multi-media design), invaluable information on colour theory from hues, values and chroma to concepts such as simultaneous contrast and perceptual transparency, an inspirational series of colour palettes taken from photographers of the world around us, a selection of work from cutting-edge designers and artists who explain the role of colour in their work and offer exciting new palettes. The colour combinations are rendered as two- and three-colour graphics, stripe studies and more informal and complex compositions, all of which showcase the huge variety of effects that can be achieve with colour.