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| Art : Color
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The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective Rationale of Color
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By:
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Johannes Itten
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From:
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John Wiley & Sons
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Released:
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December, 1997
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This book might be expensive, but what do you expect for such genius. I love this book, and would recommend it to anyone into color theroy. Itten is a color genius, and this book proves it.
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Color Drawing: Design Drawing Skills and Techniques for Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers, 2nd Edition
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By:
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Michael E. Doyle
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From:
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John Wiley & Sons
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Released:
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16 June, 1999
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
Probably no other book has influenced my techniques and choice of media other than this one; a true masterpeice. The examples and their implementation are very useful and easy to do, the book presumes that u have a sizable knowlege in perspective and other techniques of drawing but helps to improve... more info
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Finding Fish: A Memoir
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By:
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Antwone Quenton Fisher, Mim Eichler Rivas
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From:
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Perennial
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Released:
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18 December, 2001
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Rating:
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4.9 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I came upon this book by chance while browsing through an airport book store. From the first page, I was hooked, as the writer opens with a narrative about his father; a father he never knew because he was shot by his mother before he was born. Fisher eloquently allows the reader to share in the... more info
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The Elements of Color
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By:
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Johannes Itten
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From:
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John Wiley & Sons
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Released:
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31 January, 1970
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I have been a professor for 15 years. "The Elements of Color" has been required reading for many of my courses. It is not only enriching as a color theory document, but it helps expand the artist or designers possibility of using, arranging and conceiving color.
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Billmeyer and Saltzman's Principles of Color Technology, 3rd Edition
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By:
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Roy S. Berns
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From:
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Wiley-Interscience
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Released:
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31 March, 2000
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
The latest edition of Billmeyer and Saltzman's Principles of Color Technology is a complete rewrite. The author's use of in-text examples and "back to principles" appendix facilitate understanding of the concepts. The range of color science conepts (from basic colorimetry to an end-to-end color... more info
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette
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By:
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Victoria Finlay
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From:
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Ballantine Books (Trd)
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Released:
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01 January, 2003
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed this reportage, where Victoria tracks down the origns of so many colours I knew from my childhood paintbox and later days with an aniline dyestuff manufacturer. However good the book is, and I highly recommend this to anyone interested in colourants and their origins, I was left... more info
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Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color
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By:
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Leatrice Eiseman
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From:
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Design Books
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Released:
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September, 2000
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Rating:
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4.6 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I teach digital media and design to grade eleven and twelve students. This is the only book on Color that my students responded to with enthusiasm. The book covers color theory very basically. However, it does an excellent job of covering the more important topics of the meaning and psychology of... more info
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Color Index: Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media
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By:
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Jim Krause
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From:
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How Design Books
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Released:
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April, 2002
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Rating:
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4.7 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This is the color book to end all other color books! Not only does Jim list the CMYK, but RGB and HEX too! Not only does he have the standard rectangle color blocks but an intricate pattern of the colors AND the colors in an illustration! He also gives comments on how to brainstorm for creative... more info
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Interaction of Color
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By:
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Josef Albers
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From:
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Yale Univ Pr
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Released:
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November, 1987
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Rating:
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4.5 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
Josef Albers was the Johannes Kepler of color. Kepler spent his life observing planetary motion, and distilling his observations down to simple laws of gravity. Change planets to color, and gravity to human vision, and you have Josef Albers. This book describes the gravitational laws of color. It... more info
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Healing with the rainbow rays : the art of color energy therapy
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By:
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Alijandra
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From:
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Emerald Star Publishing
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4.5 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
Don't let the title of HEALING WITH THE RAINBOW RAYS mislead you -- there is much more than just color therapy involved here. Alijandra has done an excellent job of bringing several different healing techniques (color, sound, crystals, herbs, movement) together in one ambitious reference book. The... more info
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Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstraction
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By:
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John Gage
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From:
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University of California Press
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Released:
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August, 1999
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This book is an excellant source of palette development, pigment uses and development as well as color theories throughout history. My students have worn out my copy -- needs to be reprinted and made known in college art departments. Good, solid informational writing and illustrations. A must-have... more info
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Color Correction for Digital Video: Using Desktop Tools to Perfect Your Image
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By:
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Steve Hullfish, Jaime Fowler
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From:
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CMP Books
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Released:
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December, 2002
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This review was excerpted from PriMedia's e-newsletter "Bob Turner's 'The Cut.'" A Video Systems Publication and was written by Bob Turner. Ellipses indicate edits from his original text.This book and companion CD is the best book I have ever read on the subject and this goes back a ways!... more info
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Bright Earth
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By:
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Philip Ball
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From:
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Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Released:
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20 February, 2002
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4.1 / 5.0
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In Bright Earth, science writer Philip Ball presents a fine guide that examines the practical side of art throughout history. From its gains from technological advancements to cultural influences on art directions, Bright Earth surveys how color is invented, reinvented, and presented. A literary,... more info
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Magic Mandala Coloring Book
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By:
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Martha Bartfeld
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From:
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Mandalart Creations
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Released:
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May, 1998
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
Since having Martha Bartfeld's Magic Mandala book in my waiting room, I now have some patients come early for their appointments just to color in the book. I recently opened the book to find nearly all the pages colored in. Both adults and children delight in the beautiful mandalas. This book is a... more info
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Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period
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By:
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Susan Meller, Joost Elffers
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From:
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Harry N Abrams
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Released:
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April, 2002
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Rating:
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5.0 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
hi my name is Cevahir I am studying Cyprus International university. My departmen is fashion and textile design. I need this book(textile designers) I want buy it so I wonder how much can I take and how can I take
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Process Color Manual, 24,000 CMYK Combinations for Design, Prepress, and Printing
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By:
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Michael Rogondino, Pat Rogondino, Michael
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From:
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Chronicle Books
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Released:
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15 June, 2000
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Rating:
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4.4 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
The book provides a lot of colors, ya! For a more useful tool, choose a book featuring color combinations. Try "Color Index" by Jim Krause.
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Dewey Color Coordinator: Create Sensible Stunning Color Combinations
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By:
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Dewey Sadka
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From:
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Energia Systems
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Released:
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28 January, 2001
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Rating:
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2.5 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This coordinator helped me in ways that reflect its use. Its NOT designed to create infinite color combinations but uses the colors at the core of its spectrum and creates a huge amount of shades and combinations....certain colors that look wrong together in a paint store, appear more appealing in... more info
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Color by Accident
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By:
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Ann Johnston
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From:
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Ann Johnston
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Released:
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May, 1997
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Rating:
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4.5 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
This is an excellent book for someone just starting out dyeing fabrics. The techniques are simple and easy to do. I would recommend this book to anyone who would like to dye their own fabrics and need a good how-to-book.
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Making Color Sing
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By:
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Jeanne Dobie
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From:
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Watson-Guptill Pubns
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Released:
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15 April, 2000
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Rating:
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4.9 / 5.0
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Customer Review:
I concur with the sentiments of most of the reviews mentioned here. Jeanne Dobie's book is fabulous. Her emphasis on limited pallette and how to make colors 'vibrate', how to make your own neutral (but vibrating) colors, how to create fabulous browns and blacks....invaluable stuff. I'm ready for... more info
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