How to Create the Right Color Scheme: Top Picks for Decorating with Color

How to Create the Right Color Scheme: Top Picks for Decorating with Color

Are you happy with the colors in your home?   Are you redecorating and just can’t decide on the right color scheme?

If you’re looking for help on how to create the perfect color scheme for your decorating project, you’re in luck.

With these expert guides you’ll be able to learn more about the use of color and color palettes.  You’ll find a plethora of great new ideas for colors and paint that will help you choose the right color scheme for you and your home.

The Color Scheme Bible: Inspirational Palettes for Designing Home Interiorscolor-scheme-bible

A sophisticated mix-and-match system… a useful self-consulting tool for the typical homeowner seeking adventure in a can of paint. — Shelley Fralic, CanWest News Service 03/26/2005

Full of wonderful photographs, yet conveniently compact, it is a well-written, spiral-bound walk through the color palette. — Nashville Scene 03/31/2005

Includes a section on how to combine natural and artificial lighting with color to fashion rooms that will be cozy. — Merrie Destefano, Romantic Homes 01/2006

Color in Interior Design

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As a lay person just interested in learning more about the use of color in interior design, this was an excellent book. While the first several chapters were very “text bookish”, the remainder was very layman friendly. I feel more confident in undertaking color projects in my home and in conversing about the use of color with friends, who are now asking my opinions. The chapters that helped me the most were on the color wheel and color relationships. I enjoyed it and will now pursue my interest in color and design.  — Sheila D,  09/2007

Can’t Fail Color Schemes

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Winner of a Gold Ippy Award (Independent Publisher Book Award) and a Silver ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award.

Finalist for the Indie Book Awards.

With so many color combinations from which to choose, this book is sure to provide a solution for any room. All the photographs - and there are many! - are so beautiful and creative. This book will inspire many decorating ideas, even beyond color.– Lisa,  12/2008

1001 Ideas for Color & Paint

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Winner of a Bronze Ippy Award (Independent Publisher Book Award).

“…plenty of instruction….urges [reader] to think creatively…”
–Publishers Weekly, 01/06

“Especially helpful are the sections featuring a photo of a room followed by color illustrations that show no fewer than eight variations vividly depicting how color can affect the look of each room.”
–Library Journal, 05/06

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Amy L. Milligan - who has written 27 posts on bluedango Bulletin.

Amy L. Milligan founded bluedango based upon the principle that our surroundings greatly impact us and reflect to others who we are. With an educational background in the behavioral sciences and environmental design, she combined her academic experience with 11 years of experience in consulting and executive management to create bluedango.com as an extension of that principle.

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