Confident Color: An Artist's Guide To Harmony, Contrast And Unity

This is the second Nita Leland book on Color that I have purchased. Both are excellent! Leland lays out the basics of color theory and provides very helpful suggestions for different color palettes. She goes beyond the basics so that even the most skilled artist can learn something useful. Her suggestions have helped me create more cohesive and pleasing art work. I highly recommend this book to all artists (even my friend who works in fabric arts.)

Very pleasantly pleased with this book. It is an excellent study of color for serious artists. I highly recommend it.

Bought this book for my 11th grade daughter, and to an extent, for myself. I was able to tell when I saw colors that looked good together, but I was never able to understand why, or to create color combinations myself. This book unlocked that mystery for me. Color combinations are presented in a mathematical way with well defined color wheels, so the mentally colorblind can jump right in, confidently. In later chapters, the color wheels multiply to fit any need, and the combinations are as complex and you can want. It is nice that the color wheels have defined pigment colors, and there is a large pigment cross reference in the back of the book.

Beautiful book. I’m really wanting to brighten/intensify the colors in my paintings, and looking through the examples is certainly inspirational. Lots of suggestions, but I wish there were some “tutorials,” or something to get me going. I’ve ended up looking through Pinterest more than anything else.

Nita Leland is an excellent artist and teacher. This book is a must for your library and education. Looking for an answer to a look you cannot ever really get the way you want it? You will find the answer in this fantastic book. I could never get the foggy mist to look the way I wanted it to, well guess what there is a color mix that really achieves the look I wanted (not the colors I had tried before !). The numerous examples in the book are like going to a workshop (with out the travel and expense). This book is a great investment of time and money. It has straight forward instructions that don't require the entire line of paints a company makes to achieve the beauty and harmony you want in your work. These ideas and instructions can naturally be used in any type of work you like to do. The book is beautiful and very useful.

Book arrived on time and in great condition.Love this book, a great help when trying to grasp all the concepts of color.

Informative, clear, great illustrations. It will take a while to absorb all of this helpful instructional information. Putting it into practice, will take time. Glad I made this purchase.

....if you know nothing about mixing colors.

Great book, love Nita Leland's style

Ace book for any artist or crafter

Lots of ideas without all the scientific theory - liked the ring binder. Guaranteed to get you experienting with different combinations.

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Delighted, encourages colour exploration in a whole new light