Colour is without doubt the most powerful and exciting aspect of interior design, and achieving the right colour balance is central to all interior design work. Colour Your World teaches the reader how to create successful colour schemes using a variety of approaches, covering every aspect of colour including the technical and scientific. There is an in-depth section on colour psychology, which explores the scientific evidence of this subject and examines its importance in interior design. What’s more, you will be shown real-life examples and given guidelines on how to apply colour psychology in practical and valuable ways.

Colour is, without a doubt, the most powerful and exciting aspect of interior design. Skilfully used, it is possible to change the apparent height, width and overall shape of a room, and a change of colour can give your interior a fresh look or indeed, a radical change of style. A skilful designer wilt use colour to make unwanted features apparently disappear, or to highlight and draw attention to others. And there are also so many ways that colour can be introduced into a scheme, from applying it to large surface areas such as walls and ceilings, or adding small details by way of an appropriately placed bunch of flowers.  The key to the success of this book lies in the way that it treats the subject of colour in interior design as a whole, and even though some topics are quite complex, the text is free from unnecessary technical jargon and complicated terms. An essential guide to colour in interior design, this book will prove an invaluable reference tool for the professional interior designer and student, as well as a musthave for all design enthusiasts wishing to gain a deeper understanding of colour.

contents

introduction

colour in our world

the science of colour

colour theory

creating harmonious colour schemes

colour notation

how to describe colour

colour characteristics

real colour magic

texture, pattern and light

colour psychology

applied colour psychology

making it work for you

putting it all together

planning your colour scheme

conclusion

glossary

index

useful reading

credits