Colorist: A Practical Handbook for Personal and Professional Use

About this book

The Colorist seeks nothing less than to demystify color aesthetics. After three years of extensive travel and research color specialist Shigenobu Kobayashi has devised a stunningly simple method for pinpointing personal color preferences. A series of clear-cut exercises allows you to accurately define your color sense and then locate it on an "image scale" in order to select compatible color schemes for home or office or even wardrobe. Next Kobayashi illuminates the underpinnings of color in everyday and ornamental settings revealing the hidden technique beneath each successful color scheme. He introduces a full range of colors for all moods and tastes then presents eight psychological color types to assist you in putting your own color profile to practical use in the bedroom den playroom or office. With over 500 color photographs 50 charts and hundreds of sample "color-scale chips " the Colorist not only delivers a unique method of defining color sense but provides invaluable insights into the art of using color making it an indispensable guide for home owners decorators artists and designers-indeed anyone who works with or enjoys color.