This title offers a rich resource for all designers looking for inspiration and guidance on colour combinations. 2000 colour combinations are provided here with their RGB readings (for web designers) and also the CMYK readings (for designers working in print). It also explains how you can use these readings to create real pigmented paint for those working in textiles. This book is a bridge between digital colour, colour on the web and real pigmented colour. As an accomplished colour theorist, the author looks at colour combinations through various elements of colour theory, but always ensuring that the images have direct design application.The colour combinations include: simple three-colour graphics, more complex stripes, graphics using type, simple graphic designs and complex graphic designs - all in varied colour combinations. In addition, there are images of the real world with colour combinations that match - a rich source for designers. This title contains 2000 colour combinations to help fuel the creativity of all designers. It includes RGB and CMYK readings to connect print, web and pigment colour. It offers simple to complex graphics of colour combinations. It also includes images of the real world and connected colour combinations.

Author Biography

Garth Lewis is a leading colour theorist and also teaches at Central Saint Martins College in London. He lives in London.