Color for Designers: Ninety-five things you need to know when choosing and using colors for layouts and illustrations (Creative Core Book 2)

I was excited to read this book, but a lot of the information seemed like filler and for $30 I was expecting more. There are 95 topics covered within the book, but the information that I actually found to be useful could've been condensed down to probably 15 topics. Even though this is marketed as a book for the beginner/intermediate level, which is where I would place myself on a scale in terms of design experience, a lot of it just seemed to come down to common sense. There also seemed to be a lot of repetition on various topics and the advice on most things seemed to boil down to: use your best judgment.I was also disappointed by the use of color/visual examples within the book, as they seemed to be a bit outdated. I know this will probably come down to personal taste, but frankly, I found a lot of the visual examples and color combinations to be unattractive and uninspiring.Final verdict: I don't think it's worth $30, you could probably get a shorter, cheaper book on basic color theory and as the book suggests, use your best judgment on creating a suitable color palette for your design project. Also, this book seemed like it was geared more towards print designers so if you don't fall into that category, I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

Picking color palettes is my favorite part of the design process. Even though I have felt comfortable with my understanding of color theory, I want to be sure I’m keeping my skills sharp so I picked up this book. It was a great review and I honestly learned several new tips and tricks that I will be using in the future.

Great books, the binding will come undone with use and pages fall out.

This is valuable core info for someone learning (or re-learning) design.

Will acquire others from this author. Really great design and read. Beautiful print and paper. Awesome illustrations.I love this book!

Very,very, good

Great book, super interesting. Lots of graphics and examples. Bought as a gift but told the recipient I want to borrow!

Excellent deal, as described, shipped promptly!! Thanks

the book is very useful & informative. It's really a great book to learn about colours to design.

Not what I expected!