Haruyoshi NagumoSwatch This, 3000+ Color Palettes for Success: Perfect for Artists, Designers, Makers

Lots of research went into this book. Very well organized and comfortable to hold in your hands. There are incredible color combinations you could never believe go together. I love the fact this book is also a spiral book. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. It will become your first book when researching color combinations.

Bought this as a present for my adult daughter who loves to colour in mandala designs to relax. But when I flicked through it when it arrived I almost kept it for myself!It's printed on nice paper and it's spiral bound so it stays open. She says it's informative and she especially likes all the examples of the colour schemes in use. Lots of good examples of using colours for different purposes and to achieve different effects including neon and metallic colours. As well as ideas for colouring in she uses it to plan designs for nail art.Overall a good resource for anybody who does anything with colour - it's even given me some ideas for unlikely items to pair in my wardrobe!

Pretty cool little book for the price I paid which was half the original price.. clarifies some areas of colour theory for me as well as completely convoluting the concept too, that could have something to do with the translation of its original context for English sake.. mostly I just wanted something to guide a colour story for colouring books. Talk about first world issues huh? Well. What they used to be anyway. Lol.I reckon it could do with some more creative/artistic examples using the suggested colour schemes.. just to make it that much cooler. But otherwise, it’s a near perfect lil colour manual. Thanks to the peoples involved in its creation. 🥳

There was lots of interesting information but not what I was looking for so I returned it. A well thought out book, lots of research and illustrations.

This book is wonderful and gives a systematic way of selecting and using colour based partly on the psychological and physiological effects of colour upon the viewer.The approach is not tied to the simplistic tyranny of the classic colour wheel, which can be very stultifying.The book explains and illustrates very clearly how colour and image are related. Dynamic effects, emphasis, accents, rhythm, prominance, multicolour unification, gentleness and traditional Japanese colours are all covered in depth.Warm, cool, intermediate, achromatic, metallic and neon colours are demonstrated in application clearly. There are colour contrast charts and a brilliant colour index which ascribes qualities of colours to group and name them. I know I am goingvto find this book very, very useful.The book is spiral bound, so it lays flat which is a huge plus. It has a rear fixed, outer card cover which protects the pages wellI cannot praise this book enough. Huge props to the author Haruyoshi Nagumo!