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Color Index

by Jim Krause
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Overview

Now with digital color swatches!

Let Color Index, Revised Edition turbo-charge your creativity all over again for any print or web project. With more than 1100 color combinations, updated RGB formulas, and downloadable digital swatches, this new edition is guaranteed to help you pick the perfect color palette more efficiently than ever before.

From progressive colors to natural tones, Color Index, Revised Edition makes choosing hues for any job easy! You'll start working with color in exciting new ways to create original, eye-catching designs that pop off the page.

Just look through the book, find a palette that works for your project and then import it into whatever program you're using—Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop. It's never been easier.

So go ahead. Explore and experiment with color. Now you've got everything you need, right in the palm of your hand.

Synopsis


Now with digital color swatches!

Let Color Index, Revised Edition turbo-charge your creativity all over again for any print or web project. With more than 1100 color combinations, updated RGB formulas, and downloadable digital swatches, this new edition is guaranteed to help you pick the perfect color palette more efficiently than ever before.

From progressive colors to natural tones, Color Index, Revised Edition makes choosing hues for any job easy! You’ll start working with color in exciting new ways to create original, eye-catching designs that pop off the page.

Just look through the book, find a palette that works for your project and then import it into whatever program you’re using—Illustrator, InDesign or Photoshop. It’s never been easier.

So go ahead. Explore and experiment with color. Now you’ve got everything you need, right in the palm of your hand.

Other books in the Index series by Jim Krause:

Idea Index

Layout Index

Color Index 2

Design Basics Index

Photo Idea Index

Type Idea Index

About the Author, Jim Krause


Jim Krause has worked as a designer in the Pacific Northwest since the 1980s. He has produced award-winning work for clients large and small, including Microsoft, McDonald's, Washington Apples, Bell Helicopter, Paccar/Kenworth, Northern Trust and Seattle Public Schools. He lives in Bellingham, Washington.

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From Barnes & Noble

The author of the bestselling Idea Index and Layout Index hasi introduced another handy reference for graphic designers, animators, and anyone working in the visual media. The Color Index features more than 1,000 color combinations -- organized into groups such as Basic, Muted, Rich, or Active -- and provides complete CMYK and RGB formulas, plus HEX values in the chapter devoted to web graphics.

Book Details

Published
March 1, 2010
Publisher
F+W Media, Inc.
Pages
360
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781440302626

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