The Color Scheme Bible: Inspirational Palettes for Designing Home Interiors

200 carefully designed color scheme ideas
Range of hues from bright primary colors to pale pastels

A practical guide to using color successfully. The power of color is its ability to influence mood, create atmosphere, and enhance perception. As a result, one of the most effective ways to transform any room is by changing its color. Which colors to use is the challenge. The Color Scheme Bible is a practical, yet inspiring reference for those who want to take advantage of different colors without clashing. It contains 150 color scheme ideas for home decorators and interior designers.

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K. DECKER says:

June 24, 2011 at 11:04 am

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Great resource for the color challenged, September 8, 2005

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I have always had problems deciding what color combinations worked well together. So when I read a review about this book in my local paper I decided that this book might help. It has helped me visualize the color combinations I am considering for my master bedroom remodel. I now can pick a wall color & see at a glance what other colors will complement it, rather than just relying on my rather questionable “eye for color”. It helps make the remodeling & redecoration process easier & definitely more fun for anyone who is color challenged!

I also like wire bound page format of this book. This makes it easy to keep pages open to the one’s you are looking at & I feel that it will maintain its like new condition even after years of use.

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Ed P, says:

June 24, 2011 at 11:59 am

40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

A superlatively useful book, January 18, 2007

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This is a spiral bound book so it lies flat for convenient reference. It has an excellent introduction touching on the basics of color theory, but the main body of the book consists of palettes. There is a main color covering most of the page, with bands of two accent and two highlight colors superimposed on the main color. There is descriptive text giving the inspiration behind the palette and suggestions for how the colors might be used in the room. The book is divided into color sections (reds, yellow, etc.), with each section having around 20 different palettes. I must have checked 50 books on color in interior decorating out of the library, and this is the one I bought.

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Jackal says:

June 24, 2011 at 12:41 pm

39 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

Ready made solutions for you, December 7, 2008

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This book gives you a large number of (trendy) ready made palettes all with kitchy names (some might find the names inspiring). Pick one palette, apply and you’re done. Not bad if that is what you are looking for, but I found it quite limiting.

If you are looking for something in more depth I can recommend Choosing Colors: An Expert Choice of the Best Colors to Use in Your Home. Its palettes have a larger number of colours so you get more flexibility in choosing. That whole books has a more serious tone and content. It all depends on what kind of person you are and what you are looking for.

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