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Swatch This: 3000+ Color Palettes for Success Kindle Edition

by Haruyoshi Nagumo (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 89 ratings
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Choose color combinations confidently every time! Expand your color confidence with a comprehensive dictionary of color combinations! Color combinations are made simple with this helpful reference that includes endless numbers of color palettes for artists to perfect their color selection every time. Every color you want to experiment with, from the colors of the rainbow to pastels, neons, metallics, and more are included in inspirational mood boards and color recipes. Your “color recipes” show numerous combinations “in action” using digital swatches designed for artists in every field. Gain a unique understanding of how to swatch colors and achieve success every time. Expand your color confidence with this easy-to-use reference Color recipes that show numerous combinations of colors “in action” using digital swatches Includes colors usually not shown in combinations including gold, silver, and neons
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Haruyoshi Nagumo is Professor Emeritus at Digital Hollywood University and Director of a Leading Color Research Laboratory. He has developed a new color system – based on color image charts used by more than 100,000 people in Japan – by applying his research on design theory and studies regarding technologies of representation.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09T5V9FFQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ C&T Publishing (March 25, 2022)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 25, 2022
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 67333 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 194 pages
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4.5 out of 5 stars
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FYI: Has a nice Spiral binding!
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FYI: Has a nice Spiral binding!
I literally just received this, so can’t yet fully comment on its usefulness (though it looks beautiful & is set up really great at first glance, so I’m sure WILL be very useful!). I mainly wanted to note for anyone buying that it is spiral bound, because I could be wrong, but I don’t think it’s mentioned anywhere in the description. For me this was a huge plus, I had actually wished it was bound like this to begin with so was pleasantly surprised when I saw it actually was!
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3dogs1cat
5.0 out of 5 stars The BEST book about color
Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2023
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Lots of research went into this book. Very well organized and comfortable to hold in your hands. There are incredible color combinations you could never believe go together. I love the fact this book is also a spiral book. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. It will become your first book when researching color combinations.
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MaggieD
5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of information
Reviewed in the United States on November 13, 2023
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There was lots of interesting information but not what I was looking for so I returned it. A well thought out book, lots of research and illustrations.
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C B
5.0 out of 5 stars Colorful and Educational!
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023
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This fun and colorful book is going to come in so handy during my creative process. The happy color combinations bring me joy. If you like color, this book is for you!
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Becky
5.0 out of 5 stars FYI: Has a nice Spiral binding!
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022
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I literally just received this, so can’t yet fully comment on its usefulness (though it looks beautiful & is set up really great at first glance, so I’m sure WILL be very useful!). I mainly wanted to note for anyone buying that it is spiral bound, because I could be wrong, but I don’t think it’s mentioned anywhere in the description. For me this was a huge plus, I had actually wished it was bound like this to begin with so was pleasantly surprised when I saw it actually was!
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Becky
5.0 out of 5 stars FYI: Has a nice Spiral binding!
Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2022
I literally just received this, so can’t yet fully comment on its usefulness (though it looks beautiful & is set up really great at first glance, so I’m sure WILL be very useful!). I mainly wanted to note for anyone buying that it is spiral bound, because I could be wrong, but I don’t think it’s mentioned anywhere in the description. For me this was a huge plus, I had actually wished it was bound like this to begin with so was pleasantly surprised when I saw it actually was!
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Book Lover
5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!!
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022
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Fun and inspiring. So many color theory books are overwrought to the point of boring - this book is perfect in all regards. Highly recommend!!
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NursJoanB.
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent color tutorial.
Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2022
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I was shopping for a color wheel when I came across this book. So happy I found this! Beautifully illustrated with terrific color combinations. This was exactly what I needed.
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L.
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating color resource
Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2022
This is surely one of the best, most serendipitously useful, books on color I've found. Along with extensive, concise and thoughtful descriptions of color 'correspondences', emotional charges as well as visual dynamics, it offers a wonderful opportunity to consider differences/interplay between East/West responses to color. I refer to it when starting a new abstract painting, and it's indispensable as inspiration in my textile designs.
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Gail Rodgers
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information!
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2022
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I love colors and I love quilting and the more colors the better in my quilts. Most books on color for quilters urge you to study if not make a color wheel out of fabric. Making a color wheel out of solid fabric shouldn't be a hard task, but making a color wheel with prints is a different story. A printed fabric may have large amounts of 3 colors then varying amounts of other colors. Depending on how you look at the colors and what you snip out, you can make one print fit into just about any spot on the color wheel. So I don''t use color wheels. When I buy fabric at full prices (like at a regular fabric/quilt store) I tend to always buy floral prints unless I know I absolutely need a certain something to use in my quilts, like a very light white or cream print. Where my fabric color knowledge has grown over the years is at my local thrift store where for years a fat quarter would sell for 25 cents and a yard of fabric for 50 cents to a dollar. At that price, I throw all the quilt fabric into my basket and take it home. Once home I hang it on a wooden dryer rack for about a week to get rid of the smell that thrift stores have to spray on fabric. So for a week I see this fabric hanging on the rack and I get familiar with it and see, things I hadn't noticed. Then I cut the fabric in my usual pre-cut sizes so it is ready to go when I need it to. The next thing I know I am setting up a quilt block and using one of the pieces I had picked up at the thrift store. I wouldn't have picked up the fabric for $8/yard, but I got it at 25 cents and it is so perfect in the block, I wish I had more.

This is in a way what this book is about. Instead of a color wheel with only warm and cool colors, her books shows 8 different palettes for using with the color. She also gives the same amount of space to black, gray, gold, silver. and neon colors. At first I didn't understand her little diagrams for using the colors in a specified way and then I realized that each of her examples was the same diagram with the featured colored being used a certain way. So many books on color will show you maybe 8-10 swatches as an example as they are trying to show their point, the authors don't give any allowance for other scenarios which the author of this book did. Along with 8 palettes, she has 10 pages on the color red alone and how to use it. The more I look at the pages, the more I am excited about this book. I would have liked if she could have expanded more on the introduction of the book but with the book going into 190 pages, I understand that her editor would have most likely said enough. She promises 3000+ swatches. I haven't counted them all, but I am sure they are all there. There is an implied promise that you will be able to figure out how to make a special block with using a special color that you have. This book, with studying it, will help you to understand which fabric and how to use it to make the best block possible.

I once saw something while on a quilting cruise. I had gotten a sign on bonus at work, and other than the plane and cruise ticket, I was going with barely 2 nickels to rub together. My fabric for project had been purchased at a local 5 & 10. So I am sitting in this class making do with my cheap fabric, but in the right color families one of the ladies at my table asked the teacher which fabrics to use. She had about 10 half yards of dark jewel tones mixed with black. All in the same darkness range. The teacher asked the woman who had picked out her fabric and she said the shop owner had as she wasn't good with colors. This obviously well to do woman was dressed impeccably with all her clothing coordinating. Sure she could match up fabrics but she needed some confidence and help. I don't think the shop owner was that good with matching fabrics either as the project was very much one of Caribbean colors, bright blues, pinks, oranges, etc. Think of a parrot. Since that day over 30 years ago, I have tried to be mindful of the colors of fabrics that I use and if I am helping someone else, to be mindful of what their ultimate goal is. On page 17 of the book, there are at least 3-4 palettes that would have given the woman the fabrics she needed to make her project. I suspect that I will have a very well thumbed book in a few years. I mostly make Project Linus quilts, but with all the fabrics that I have, it will be nice to get some nice, creative color combinations.

Very glad that I got this book.
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Sarah Miles
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic resource
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2024
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Bought this as a present for my adult daughter who loves to colour in mandala designs to relax. But when I flicked through it when it arrived I almost kept it for myself!

It's printed on nice paper and it's spiral bound so it stays open. She says it's informative and she especially likes all the examples of the colour schemes in use. Lots of good examples of using colours for different purposes and to achieve different effects including neon and metallic colours. As well as ideas for colouring in she uses it to plan designs for nail art.

Overall a good resource for anybody who does anything with colour - it's even given me some ideas for unlikely items to pair in my wardrobe!
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Wendy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great colour reference book
Reviewed in Australia on November 24, 2022
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This book is absolutely amazing. It is helping me select colour combinations that I would never have thought to use together.

I’m relatively new to colouring in and was just using colour wheels previously.

This spiral bound book has had my work look so much more fun to do
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Wendy
5.0 out of 5 stars Great colour reference book
Reviewed in Australia on November 24, 2022
This book is absolutely amazing. It is helping me select colour combinations that I would never have thought to use together.

I’m relatively new to colouring in and was just using colour wheels previously.

This spiral bound book has had my work look so much more fun to do
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Ye Catte
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent system!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 7, 2023
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This book is wonderful and gives a systematic way of selecting and using colour based partly on the psychological and physiological effects of colour upon the viewer.

The approach is not tied to the simplistic tyranny of the classic colour wheel, which can be very stultifying.

The book explains and illustrates very clearly how colour and image are related. Dynamic effects, emphasis, accents, rhythm, prominance, multicolour unification, gentleness and traditional Japanese colours are all covered in depth.

Warm, cool, intermediate, achromatic, metallic and neon colours are demonstrated in application clearly. There are colour contrast charts and a brilliant colour index which ascribes qualities of colours to group and name them. I know I am goingvto find this book very, very useful.

The book is spiral bound, so it lays flat which is a huge plus. It has a rear fixed, outer card cover which protects the pages well

I cannot praise this book enough. Huge props to the author Haruyoshi Nagumo!
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Laura Apolo
3.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected
Reviewed in Australia on September 22, 2023
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This book had so many rave reviews that I decided to go with it but it wasn't what I expected. It's great that it's spiral bound because it opens flat when I'm using it. There is also much helpful information about each colour and combinations of colour that I found interesting. However, I really wanted more colour palettes to show and inspire combinations, and this book was very repetitive in that regard. I found that many of the patterns and examples are hard on they eyes rather than inspiring.
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Anna of Owlcats
5.0 out of 5 stars Useful addition to library
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 2, 2024
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I really like this book for a number of reasons. Firstly, it's a compact size, around A5, and the spiral binding allows pages to lie flat.
The layout takes a number of key colours, and shows them in different usage, e.g. high saturation, feature colour, muted etc. The variety of small pattern blocks using each palette are invaluable at assessing the effects relating to the physical area each shade occupies. While no means exhaustive, it certainly covers a wide variety of palettes and there is a section on metallics as well, which are true foiled print and not just an approximate ink shade.
The palettes given throughout have a letter/number code which is easily looked up in the reference section at the beginning of the book. In the reference section, the "recipe" codes are given for both RGB and CMYK values, so any digital art program easily has the values inputted if you want specific colours, without having to search for a hex code or convert from Pantone.
I have several books on colour for design, and I can see this one is going to be a staple for reference in my practice. Would recommend it to anyone in the design arena.
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