Different color schemes convey different moods, and these subtleties can make a strong impact on viewers. Several new books on color can help you around the color wheel. The three titles in the Color Harmony series by Martha Gill are each subtitled A Guidebook for Creating Great Color Combinations , which indeed they are. Pastels offers palettes with varying degrees of white added to a wide range of hues. Jewels covers brighter hues to create vibrant atmospheres.
Naturals presents more rustic and earthy tones.
Each volume contains chapters with 72 associated color schemes. The included CMYK values are easily converted to RGB Web readiness in image editors . Even if you use only Web-safe shades, with over 700 combinations in each title, these books can give you great ideas for color schemes. Two new titles examine some universal aspects of color and symbols. Each chapter defines how the seven basic colors are viewed in more than forty countries, explaining traditional meanings in many localities.