COLOR BOOK ING: 11, 264 Color Combinations for Your Home - Softcover

Change the color of ceilings, walls, and floors by flipping unique mix-and-match pages! From: San Francisco Chronicle By Julie Look Mix-and-Match Volume Shows Colorful Ideas Remember those cool books you had when you were a kid that let you mix and match the heads, bodies and hindquarters of different animals to make creatures you had never imagined? Now there's a version for grown-ups, using colors instead of animals. "The Color Book" provides pictures of four rooms--living room, bedroom, bathroom and kitchen--and lets you mix and match ceilings, walls, and floors for each. All told, there are some 240 colors provided, and the possible color schemes top 11,000. Say you're thinking of redoing your living room. If you're not into the monochrome effect, flip a page and see how a beige or blue wall would look with a pink ceiling or a sea green floor. Always wondered how your bedroom would look in cafe-au-lait? Turn the page. Author Ben Kendrick is the home design editor for London's Options magazine. The introductory pages of the book provide pictures and suggestions for ways to use color to create interest, mood or space. The walls, tiles and floors change hues from page to page, but the furniture and fixtures remain constant, allowing you to focus your attention on the colors. "Use this book as a source of inspiration--and do not be afraid to experiment," Kendrick writes.

Change the color of a room's walls, floor, or ceiling, and the mood changes dramatically. Color can soothe or energize; make a space seem larger or more intimate; and transform ambiance -- all for a fraction of what other renovations cost. Experienced designers know what effect a change in color will have, but for most of us, repainting is something of a gamble. No longer. With The Color Book in hand, anyone can instandy see what a living room will look like with taupe walls, maple floors, and a sage ceiling, for example. More an essential design and decor tool than a book, this innovative guide takes eighty pages and divides them into three sections -- floor, walls, and ceiling -- that can be flipped separately to instantly mix-and-match a vast array of colors. Covering the bathroom, bedroom, living room, and kitchen, The Color Book visually demonstrates more than eleven thousand different color combinations offering near endless inspiration and real help in selecting the perfect color scheme. The accompanying text is an accessible guide to choosing and mixing colors, while an international color key and directory offer additional resources. A unique new way to encourage experimentation and stir the creative senses, this innovative mix-and-match method allows amateur decorators and professionals alike to discover the best colors for every room before they ever walk into a paint store.