Colorist: A Practical Handbook for Personal and Professional Use

by Shigenobu Kobayashi

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.

Genres: Design, Art, Reference, Art Design

160 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 1999

Reviews

[Erica]

3 stars because it's not the book's fault if I just don't get it. This was assigned to me when I was in college as an Interior Design major. I didn't read the whole thing then, so when we were getting ready to move into a new construction home - a blank slate that was going to need color - I was determined to read it word for word, front to back. I never fully memorized the color abbreviations that were used and had trouble with the adjectives assigned to different colors. My head couldn't quite wrap around it. I also feel the book is a bit dated - trends and color associations change over time. Certainly not a lay-person's handbook and not something that I will go back to as I try to decorate the new house.

[Son Pham]

a beautiful composited book!

[Felix Wong]

great..