If youre from the I dont know zip about color but I know what I like school of color theory, this books for you. You wont find color wheels or lectures on color harmony here . . . just 500+ triedandtrue color combinations derived from actual design work posters, packages, even giftware created over the past century by designers, artists and color experts. Youll find historical color combinations from the Victorian period, Art Deco era, Farout Sixties, Rave craze plus current color combinations, such as limited color, bad color and much more. Even if you dont know what youre looking for, youll know it when you see it here.Its not just what colors you use, but how you use them. Thats why the color combinations in this book are arranged in simple, sample layouts rather than pages of outofcontext swatches. Complete with color formulas in CMYK, these layouts show you which colors work for backgrounds, borders, type, outlines, panels and small text, so you can easily adapt them to your designs.