Exploring Top Books of Shelfari

Colour

by Victoria Finlay

Part travelogue, part narrative history, COLOUR unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This remarkable and beautifully written book remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, and yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks... (more)

Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

Color Design Workbook: A Real World Guide to Using Color in Graphic Design

Now in Paperback! Since color is such a important part of graphic design, designers need the most up to date as well as the most fundamental, information on the subject to have the tools needed to use color effectively. From the meanings behind colors to working with color in presentations, this book provides readers with the vital information needed to apply color creatively and effectively to their design work.... (more)

Colour Index

by Jim Krause

Every designer needs a little inspiration now and then - particularly when it comes to colour. Color Index is fuel for creativity. It provides more than one thousand colour combinations and formulas to help creative professionals thing through design dilemmas and create effective graphics for both print and the web. From progressive colours to natural tones. Color Index makes choosing hues for any job easier.... (more)

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

Celie is a poor black woman whose letters tell the story of 20 years of her life, beginning at age 14 when she is being abused and raped by her father and attempting to protect her sister from the same fate, and continuing over the course of her marriage to "Mister," a brutal man who terrorizes her. Celie eventually learns that her abusive husband has been keeping her sister's letters from her and the rage she... (more)

Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color

Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color

by Leatrice Eisemann

This authoritative guide presents hundreds of color combinations and color principles needed to create effective designs. Every lesson is demonstrated by example, enabling designers of all specialties and levels of experience to make the best color choices for every type of design.

The Encyclopedia of Colour Calligraphy

by Mary Noble, Adrian Waddington

The essential guide to using colour in calligraphy, from alphabets and backgrounds to borders and images. The use of colour in calligraphy can produce stunning results. This beautiful art form, with its unique relationship between words and images, is the perfect forum for daring experimentation with colour. Autumnal golds, browns and olives will give extra emphasis to a seasonal invitation; fiery reds and purples... (more)

One to One: The Visual Culture of International Tickets

One to One: The Visual Culture of International Tickets

by Tanja Backe

From around the world, this book houses a collection of over 2,500 various ticket stubs dating from the past two decades. The opus of Tanja Backe, these tickets come from every imaginable source: airplane, train, ferry, bus, metro, cloakroom and parking tickets, bank and taxi receipts, inspection labels, admission tickets for museums, theatres, cinemas, circuses, operas, zoos, concerts, ballets, even reptile... (more)

Colour Calligraphy

by David Graham

Full of creative ideas, this guide demonstrates how to produce brightly colored bookmarks, nameplates, letters, cards, and professional-looking signs.

The Palace of Illusions: A Novel

by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

A reimagining of the world-famous Indian epic, the Mahabharat—told from the point of view of an amazing woman. Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in the Mahabharat, the novel gives us a new interpretation of this ancient tale. The novel traces... (more)

Medwin's Room

by Termina Ashton

Medwin's Room by newcomer Termina Ashton is a phenomenally fun fantasy read for the entire family mixing myth with larger than life imagination where pickwicks and snotlings roam free, doors hold conversations and a whole world is made of candy. On holiday, a single mother with two fearless kids in tow falls head over heels in love with an old house. Captivated with its design, she purchases it on a whim and has... (more)

Shelfari Book Activity

Tags: colour