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Title: Color and Light : Luminous Atmospheres for Painted Rooms by Donald Kaufman, Taffy Dahl, Dominique Vorillon, Christine Pittel ISBN: 0-517-70401-3 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 27 April, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The World of Color
Comment: This and the two related books (Natural Palettes and the Suzanne Butterfield book on palettes based on D. Kaufman colors)should be read attentively by anyone faced with painting a room. As beautiful as some of the illustrations are, these are NOT coffee table books to browse through. They are full of practical information for painting rooms, including rooms like mine with dark woodwork, hardwood floors, uneven walls, odd-shaped and leaded glass windows, etc. For example -- balancing cool and warm, contrasting or matching color values, using hue to stand up to strong trim, using flat paint to create a soft, smooth wall surface, what to do with dark rooms (Don't paint them white -- the resulting shadows emphasize that they are dark.), the importance of mixing paint colors without using black pigment and the importance of having the full spectrum of pigments in any paint hue, the effect that the color of light in the room will have on the wall color, and much more. The room descriptions are not prescriptions for what one must do but rather examples of the many different effects that can result using fully-pigmented paint of different value, hue, contrasts, etc. under different light conditions. The Butterfield book is a fairly simple presentation. "Natural Palettes" and "Color and Light," particularly the latter book, are sophisticated illustrated explanations of the basic "rules" of light and color through some of the myriad possible results. Read these three books with attention and be rewarded with an appreciation of color and light everywhere(in every house, apartment, store, restaurant, office, etc., on the street, the highway, in the sky, city, country -- you won't be able to help it!) Read these books and you will see, know and care about color and light forever. You'll also have no problem painting your rooms.
Rating: 5
Summary: Useful and Illuminating
Comment: Beautiful book with great practical advice about how to choose colors for your home. I've gone gaga over Donald Kaufman's paints, and, although they are expensive, they are only a fraction of the price of Martha Stewart's line for Schreuder.
Rating: 1
Summary: A dismal failure
Comment: I love color. I love light. So, I thought I would love this book. Wrong, wrong, wrong. This book is a borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring read. It's like a bad term paper. I dare you to find one idea to take away and use in your own life. The author talks AT you, pontificates, lectures, never asks you a question or makes room for you to react. Talk about over-intellectualizing a topic and taking the fun out of design! Bleah!
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Title: Color : Natural Palettes for Painted Rooms by Taffy Dahl, Donald Kaufman ISBN: 0517576600 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 24 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Color Palettes : Atmospheric Interiors Using the Donald Kaufman Color Collection by SUSIE BUTTERFIELD ISBN: 060960144X Publisher: Clarkson Potter Pub. Date: 17 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Rooms : Creating Luxurious, Livable Spaces by Mariette Himes Gomez ISBN: 0060083700 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 08 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Dwellings: Living with Great Style by Stephen Sills/James Huniford ISBN: 0821228463 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Perfect Palette: Fifty Inspir Ed Color Plans for Painting Every Room in Your Home by Bonnie Rosser Krims ISBN: 0446675199 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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