If you're from the "I don't know zip about color - but I know what I like" school of color theory, this book's for you. You won't find color wheels or lectures on color harmony here . . . just 500+ tried-and-true color combinations derived from actual design work - posters, packages, even giftware - created over the past century by designers, artists and color experts. You'll find historical color combinations from the Victorian period, Art Deco era, Far-out Sixties, Rave craze - plus current color combinations, such as limited color, "bad color" and much more. Even if you don't know what you're looking for, you'll know it when you see it here.

It's not just what colors you use, but how you use them. That's why the color combinations in this book are arranged in simple, sample layouts rather than pages of out-of-context swatches. Complete with color formulas in CMYK, these layouts show you which colors work for backgrounds, borders, type, outlines, panels and small text, so you can easily adapt them to your designs

如果你是 "我不懂色彩，但我知道我喜欢什么 "的色彩理论流派，这本书就适合你。你在这里找不到色轮或关于色彩和谐的讲座......只有500多种从实际情况中得出的经过试验的色彩组合。......只有500多种久经考验的色彩组合，它们来自于设计师、艺术家和色彩专家在过去一个世纪里创作的实际设计作品--海报、包装，甚至礼品。你会发现来自维多利亚时期、装饰艺术时期、六十年代、狂欢热潮的历史色彩组合--加上当前的色彩组合，如有限的颜色、"坏颜色 "等等。即使你不知道你在寻找什么，当你在这里看到它时，你会知道它。

这不仅仅是你使用什么颜色，而是你如何使用它们。这就是为什么本书中的色彩组合是以简单的样本布局来安排的，而不是一页页的断章取义的色板。这些布局包含了CMYK的颜色公式，向你展示了哪些颜色适用于背景、边框、字体、轮廓、面板和小文本，因此你可以轻松地将它们应用到你的设计中。