COLORSCAPES explores how to create a personal color palette and presents an original approach to the often mystifying process of picking colors for your home. Each chapter features a different location and is devoted to a unique color concept. Learn ways to combine colors to reflect your personality, how to manage color to solve room challenges, and how to use mood boards to plan well-balanced, vivid interiors. Sargent demonstrates her belief that with a little confidence, anyone can use color to create a home brimming with inspiration, serendipity, and personal style.

SUSAN SARGENT is an artist and color guru known for her use of unique, contemporary colors. She is the author of Susan Sarqent’s The Comfort of Color arid Sustan Sargent’s New Country Color, which have established her as the .current authority on colorful design. Her work has been featured in numerous publications.Sargent’s home furnishing collections are sold at her retail stare in Vermont and on her Web site.

introduction

color inspiration

contrast

color and texture

color discipline

color and neutrals

color splash        

color families

color traditions

color transitions

intensity and clarity

color partners

colorbalance

thinking and threes

color zones

color placement

resources

index

acknowledgments