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Pile, John F.

Color in interior design / John F. Pile.

New York : McGraw-Hill, ©1997.

x, 305 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Create dazzling color schemes for any indoor space. You'll quickly sharpen your color skills--and open the door to a more rewarding and profitable career with John F. Pile's Color in Interior Design. He takes the mystery out of working with color, showing you step-by-step how to plan color relationships in an organized and systematic way ... prepare color schemes for interiors ... make color charts ... select materials ... put together color samples ... work with additive and subtractive color ... understand the psychological impact of color ... use color in functional spaces ... and solve a wide range of practical color problems. This hands-on color design tool packs illustrations of the best color work by well-known professionals--plus a survery of color in historic interiors that will guide you through restoration and adaptive reuse projects.

Color in interior decoration.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-300) and index.

Introduction -- Color in interior design -- Vision, light, and color -- Color systems -- The color wheel -- Color charts -- Color schemes -- Color schemes in practice -- From charts to realization -- Analysis of color schemes -- Psychological impact of color -- Use of color in various functional contexts -- Color in historic interiors -- Work with color -- Problems with color -- Special situations -- Color in current practice -- A portfolio of color schemes.

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