 Excellent and Thought Provoking
Always interested in seeing what color designers like to use - their sure fires - and this doesn't disappoint. Nice resource for the novice or pro.
 Great Ideas & Very Inspiring!
I saw this book at a friend's house and came right home & ordered it. It's great because it actually tells you what colors are used in the pictures (what a concept!) and even though images in print are much different than the real color, it gives you a good idea.
I love the designer's descriptions of the colors too! I've already used 2 of the colors that were shown & described & they're both great!
Trust the Description Rather than Your Eyes
I absolutely love this book and have made far fewer color mistakes with its help! It has paid for itself many times over. I agree with the other reviewers who said that the chips in the book weren't a reliable guide, however, that's true with the chips from the paint store as well.
I think the designers descriptions are a much more reliable guide. They often make comments such as:
"Works in any light"
"Brings light into dark rooms"
"My favorite 'go to' neutral"
"Has red undertones"
"Has green undertones"
House beautiful also has a great color tool on their website. Don't worry if it takes several tries to get the right color. Designers do the same thing! Don't give up until it feels just right to YOU!
A compilation of the magazine feature
I love HB and this book is exactly what I expected it to be. A compilation of the magazine feature of favorite colors. The book is a smaller size and contains page after page of paint swatches with the designer's description of the color. If you spend the time to read all the descriptions, be prepared to read the word "depth" a lot!
Great Book For Narrowing Down Paint Choices
Choosing paint colors can be overwhelming and can feel like a full time job, so I LOVE this book because it has really helped me narrow down the field. I had ideas of what shade I wanted but just needed help sifting through the hundreds of shades available, this book has been really helpful in doing this. For example, I knew I wanted to paint my room a pale bluish-grey, and this book helped me determine which actual shade would be the best. I feel like I can trust that the decorators and designers have experience with which paint colors really seem to work the best and stand the test of time. I would not use the swatches printed on the pages of this book exclusively though- I don't believe it is intended to replace the real paint swatches you get from the paint store. You really need to go out and get the actual swatch of what you see in the book because it will look slightly different in paint than how it's printed on the page of a book. The book is more of a means to an end rather than trying to be the actual paint fan deck, if you know what I mean. It gives you ideas and the names of the colors, and then it's your job to go out, get the swatches, and paint swatches on your wall before committing to buying gallons of paint.
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