Color Schemes Made Easy

by Better Homes and Gardens

Encompassing more than sixty-five color palettes and more than 160 photographs, this innovative guide to using color as an integral design element in one's decorating schemes explains the fundamentals of color theory and schemes and offers a host of how-to techniques for using paint, accessories, fabrics, and more to transform any room in the house.

Genres: Home Improvement

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 10, 2004

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[Katy Lovejoy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice in theory but who would do all of that

[Kathleen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book offers some rare inspiration that I've been hard pressed to find elsewhere. What it does especially well is lay out multitudes of color combinations that one would not normally think of as harmonious...then provides great photographs of actual rooms tastefully done in these purposed color schemes.

I'm a Garden Designer by profession ...not an interior decorator...but there are very few color guide books relating to plants thathave anything new to say. I often rely on the tools of Interior Designers & their books for help. I've bought several books on the this topic & this book is by far one of the best....& it's not only helpful indoors but has been useful in giving me ideas for outdoor groupings of furniture & planters, house colors etc too....

I highly recommend it & suggest anyone looking for new & innovative color schemes check into getting this book

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Color schemes in decorating my house are always difficult for me. I agonize over paint colors because I just can't visualize how they will look and if they will go with the furniture, etc. This book gave me some practical hints such as what colors are "warm" and choosing colors from opposite sides of the color wheel such as red and yellow. I never would have thought those two colors would go together at all. But surprisingly they do.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

I learned a lot about the color wheel, and how to pair colors to yield certain emotions with this book. However,I really didn't like many of their designs. I know they were trying to show a broad range, but an all orange room--including the ceiling? Ickola!