A Dictionary Of Color Combinations Vol 1 Paperback – December 31, 2010

Absolutely beautiful book on every level, from the quality and attention to detail typical of Japanese printing, to the visceral experience of paging through so many beautiful colors and combinations in which I immediately found dozens of favorites, it really made my day. Instantly impulse bought Vol 2. Besides the combinations, some of the colors themselves and the CMYK recipes are priceless.

A dictionary of two color, three color and four color harmonies. English color names. A slight minus for the preface and othere texts being in Japanese only - but here's where Google translate comes in handy.

This small gem was delivered quickly and in excellent condition. The sticker was on the outer cellophane bag and not on the book cover. Have to figure out how to use it in conjunction with the color wheel but will experiment with paint mixtures to see how closely I can duplicate the printed color swatches. Color labels in English are very helpful. Wish the entire narrative at the beginning of the book were translated into English. I would have loved to understand the history of the making of this book.

Keeps me company and my brain working. Small and compact, it has been my companion for the past week and I pull it out often while looking at buildings and design. Very thought provoking, and a few bucks off the art museum price makes it an even better deal.

Love this little palette book so much! I learned so much about color pairings!

I agree with other reviewers that this little book is great - it has a nice feel to it and a great little size. It took me a while to catch on to the organization (all text is in Japanese), but essentially it organizes 159 different colors into combinations of 2, 3, and 4 - then indicates what page it is on for each combination of that color. The back pages of colors are one sided so (I'm guessing) can be cut off into strips to play around with to make your own combinations - or match elsewhere. That makes this part work book, a nice touch!Some of the color combinations allowed me to see my wardrobe a little differently, a very good thing! Some of the color combinations I find to be too weird. However, the reason I got this reference book of colors is because of my own painting compositions and I know it will prove to be useful.

This book is very well organized, but is in japanese, and I didnt understand how to use it.

This book is a great tool on colors combinations, a treasure.