Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas.

I thought the book was a little whacked until I realized my monitor was out of calibration. I used the Eye-One Display 2 Monitor Calibrator to calibrate my monitor and now I am getting colors that are VERY close to the book.There isn't much to say about it except that is it very easy to use, very intuitive, and will have you making better color choices without having to learn one single thing about color theory. You can be completely color-theory illiterate and still make great choices using this book.In fact, you could be writing hex code for html on a monochrome monitor, while using this book, and still get it right!The book is split up into sections based on color. "Combination of blue hues" is the first section cluster. Within that section is "Blues + neighboring hues", "Blues + opposing hues", "Blues + neutral hues", and "Blues + black and tints of black." These section clusters continue for Reds, Violets, Orange, Yellow, and Greens. At the end you will find "Mixed combinations of Saturated Hues", "Mixed Combinations of Semi-muted Hues", "Mixed Combination of Neutrals and Muted Hues", Mixed Combination of Neutrals and Saturated Hues."I highly recommend this book, just be sure that your monitor is calibrated before you start complaining about the book's color numbers being wrong (like I initially did.)

I'm tired of referencing online color charts & pallets and wanted a useful & accurate guide. Unfortunately the listing and free sample download do not show the style of color palettes this author uses (I'm very particular). So I took a leap of faith and thankfully I did. It's an extremely smart reference book!It's a small & fat with a tough, soft plastic cover that'll withstand years of use & abuse. Page edges are colored, and mini illustrations + vertical "paint chip" color strips are used to display over 1500 immediately useable color combinations. Chapters are organized by color/hue (R, O, Y, G, B, V, + mixed), and include a dark to light expansion palette, combination of hues + neighboring hues + opposing hues + neutral hues + blacks and tints of black.The CMYK & RGB formulas in Color Index 2 are not included in the 1st Color Index book, can stand alone, and uses Adobe CMYK/RGB color conversion.I'm a "Jill of all creative trades" but sometimes I find myself using a similar palette, or drawing a blank when I need a 3rd or 4th color. So this book has been a great tool for inspiration, and I imagine Krause's collection of Color Index books are frequently used & referenced by professionals and amateurs on a daily basis.Now I have to get my hands on all 3!

These are great little books. when I ordered it I thought it was going to be one full sized book that combined the contents of both the previous Color Index books, but it is not -- instead it's a "Box set" of the two little ones. Since I didn't own either of the previous indexes, I was not at all disappointed. I thought I was going to want it all in one book, but actually I like this better -- the two books are set up to be "searched" on different criteria -- sometimes you know what color scheme you want and sometimes you know what mood you want -- there's a book for each instance. I really appreciate that the color combinations are presented both in bar swatches and also in a mocked up design so you can really see the colors interact.

I think the book is great for reference if you're struggling with how to color your project. However, one of the pages was ripped when I received it. Then again, I did order a copy that was previously owned from Thrift books. If anything, some damage was to be expected. Overall, great book and well-put together!

I needed something to use as a quick guide and reference for finding color schemes and the correct color values when designing printed materials.You get two books packed in a hard, slide out type storage box (the image you see is the outter case) It slides open to reveal the two books; version 1 and the latest version, book 2.The book is broken down into color pallettes using a color wheel and has CMYK values on one side of the page and the corresponding RGB value on the other side of the page and a sample color scheme in the middle.I am very pleased with the layout, compact size, and contents of these books.I began using it immediately with my design work and it provided a better result inmy full color printed products.LRG[...]

This is a top-notch, professional reference book for graphic designers. I'm self-taught graphic design, and I learned a lot with this book, and I use it to choose colors, palates, schemes, etc. It saves SO MUCH time, effort and frustration to have a reference with all possible digital colors and their codes. You just flip through the book, find your color, and click in the code on your project. No more tweaking around in the color swatch box. Great book!!!I purchased all books by this author and use them all the time. I HIGHLY suggest purchasing his book in the Flexibound cover. It is worth the few extra bucks for the durability because this book will be used a lot.