The Pantone Book of Color: Over 1000 Color Standards : Color Basics and Guidelines for Design, Fashion, Furnishings...and More

by Leatrice Eiseman, Lawrence Herbert

This book provides information that is needed to make the right color decisions for every kind of design, whether it be fashion, interior, graphics and the web. In addition the book inspires the reader to select the just the "right color."

Genres: Art, Design

Hardcover

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

Leatrice Eiseman is an American color specialist, who assists companies in their color choice in a range of areas, including packaging, logos, and interior design.

Eiseman holds a degree in psychology from Antioch University, and a counseling certificate from UCLA. She has studied and taught in the fields of fashion and interior design. She is an allied member of the Industrial Designers Society of America and the Fashion Group International, and has received a prestigious service award from the Color Marketing Group.[2] She also selects the 10 top fashion colors twice yearly for Pantone and Women’s Wear Daily.

Reviews

[Erika Mulvenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, okay, I get it. Pantone created a set of standardized colors so that designers can make sure that colors are "correct" across several platforms; in print, in photographs, on billboards, online, etc.

What interests me is how craftspeople are starting to use these color charts in designing their work. As a fine artist, I was trained to see color, identify it in a certain way, and recreate it in paint or dyes. In using this color chart as a way to design, craftspeople are then restricting themselves to the colors as they are, and may find a hard time "finding" just the right color in a certain media to complete their work.

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is a helpful section on the psychology of color.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I refer to this all the time.