Big Book of Color in Design

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Summary: Important resource for designers and marketing professionals
Review: David Carter's Big Book of Color in Design is an important resource for both the design community as well as anyone
interested in making the most of their marketing dollars.

Although there are hundreds of graphic design books on the
market, and only a rare few really are genuinely useful and worth the cost of acquiring them.

The Big Book of Color in Design is different from similar
volumes in that it not only offers numerous palettes (or
combinations of colors that "work" together to project a
desired image, but the palettes are accompanied by large and
easy to learn from illustrations of completed projects
created with the palettes.

Because of the book's tight editing, large size, and quality
reproduction, you can see at a glance how colors relate to
image in theory as well as practice.

There's no "theory" here; just genuinely useful examples. Carter's formula works better than many "palette books"
because often only the palettes are shown, not projects
completed within them. Carter's mastery of color also comes
through in his choices which are both restrained and appropriate.

A single book can never compensate for the lack of a design
education, but Carter's book comes as close as any book can- -
and closer than most color books.

We can only look forward to a future book from Carter focusing exclusively on web color.