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Summary: Wonderful Inspiration!
Review: I bought this book when it first came out years ago and based the color scheme of my house on a "recipe" in the book. I pulled it out again recently hoping to paint my living room while still tying into all the other colors I initially used in the foyer and adjoining rooms... The color combinations in this book still strike me as the most beautiful I have seen. I have never found another book like it. When I went to the paint store I found that Benjamin Moore had changed their paint color numbers, but the paint store had no problem mixing my chosen color for me from the book. The best thing this book did was give me courage to use color. I caught the bug when I first painted and now there's no stopping me. It has given my house such personality and my accessories and artwork really stand out against the wall colors. None of the colors in the book are "wild" or "outrageous" (or I wouldn't have used them). Even though I used yellows and greens and other colors in different rooms, everything seems to flow really well because the colors were designed to go together. I would definitely recommend this book.
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Summary: STILL FIVE STARS
Review: I'M A BIG FAN OF THIS BOOK. IT HAS HELPED ME A GREAT DEAL IN PAINTING AND DECORATING MY HOME. I AM EQUALLY THRILLED THAT MS. KRIMS CAME OUT WITH ANOTHER PERFECT PALETTE BOOK. I JUST ORDERED A COPY AND CAN'T WAIT TO POUR OVER THE PAGES.
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Summary: Beautiful coffee table quality HOW TO book THAT REALLY WORKS
Review: I'm not a writer, and I'm REALLY no interior decorator. So, when I looked through the zillions of How To books, this one just stood out. I'd even checked out one of the Martha Stewart ones - no contest. With Stewart's methods you'd need a month and a staff of painters. Sorry Martha, you never picked up a brush. But not only is The Perfect Palette a gorgeous book with flawless room color combining recipes that come out looking amazing, but Bonnie Krims ACTUALLY USED THEM ALL, she's tried them. Plus, she's done her own illustrations and written a little story about each recipe. The book is like a coffee table book, but it's also a really good HOW TO kind of book. I thought doing a new paint job on my rooms was going to be a real drudge, but with this book I really got into it because the colors were so different from what I'd normally think would work, but on the walls, amazing! Then, based on the finished walls, I used the book's instructions on setting up a room, and after rearranging some of the furniture and knick-knacks and lamps - my friends were blown away. That's all I can say. If you're really serious about getting your rooms in shape, I think this is THE book to buy.
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Summary: It's not perfect...but you'll get good results
Review: I've tried two of the recipes, Mellow Yellow and Grandmother's Cameo and had very attractive results with both of them. A real time- and money-saver because the colors really do work beautifully together. It's enjoyable as well, to gain the confidence to try colors I normally wouldn't. No, the photographs and the paint chips will not perfectly match the actual color on your wall. However, be assured that you will have colors that visually flow together...nothing jarring, nothing clashing. For anyone who has painted the same room three times within as many weeks (as I have) because each time a color wasn't quite right, you will appreciate this book! I myself did not mind that there were mostly illustrations of the color "recipes" as opposed to all photographs. Your room isn't going to look exactly like the photographs anyway...
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Summary: Where are the example rooms?
Review: Most of the 50 "palettes" are inspired by bad illustrations. There is very little photography showing these "palettes" used successfully in a home. You will need an outdated Benjamin Moore color sample deck to even attempt to comprehend these 50 design ideas since most of the "palettes" are simply 3 paint chips, poorly reproduced,with a bad cartoon like illustration using variations of those colors. I don't know how this book received so many positive reviews, perhaps from a 3rd grade art class. Don't waste your money and time.
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Summary: I found the book to be very helpful
Review: The Perfect Palette is written in a romantic way, which seems customary in decorating books. It conjures up very imaginative ideas behind certain combinations of color, comparing the color schemes to daydreams of Paris in Winter, Swan Boats, and Russian Ballet. Each page has a description and a photograph or illustration using the chosen color scheme.
Though it is written romantically, it also has quite a bit of practical information on how to paint, with useful tips on the process. It is an easy to follow guide to (nearly) foolproof paint schemes, which translate well not only in your home, but also for artists looking for color combinations to use in painting and illustration.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: The reveiws on this book had been so great. I bought this book THE PERFECT PALETTE to help me decide what color I should paint my house. This book did not help me nor did it help my sister (an art major in college) in any way, shape or form! We both felt buying this book was a total waste of our time and my money. If you really want to know information about colors, and the "do and don't" rules of picking the right color. Then your first "DON'T" you should be DON'T buy this worthless book! A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!
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Summary: For those with imaginations and lots of time on their hands!
Review: There were not very many real-life applications in this book, which was very disappointing. The colors were more in the pastel range, and hardly any of the rooms shown contained a deep or bright color. If you are looking to introduce deep color into your home, skip this book and try Alice Westgate's "The Complete Color Directory". It's full of beautiful colors and even contains color swatches and how to's on using pigment for different effects.
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