The Designer's Guide to Global Color Combinations by Leslie Cabarga

by Leslie Cabarga

Following up on the popular Designer's Guide to Color Combinations, this book is certain to be an endless source of ideas and instruction for designers, illustrators and creative professionals in all fields. It features original designs from various regions around the world and examines their use of type and color. From Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East, readers will find dozens of fascinating pieces on display. Each design is carefully analyzed to show how and why it works. The author also makes recommendations about which colors should be used for type, border, background, etc. These suggestions, along with exact CMYK and RGB percentages for each design, will save designers much valuable time should they choose to incorporate the featured color combinations into their own work—a huge benefit for this audience.Leslie Cabarga is an illustrator, designer and author whose clients include Rolling Stone, Time, HBO, Sony America and the New York Times. He has also written numerous books on graphic design and is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He lives in Los Angeles, California. * An inspiring examination of the color combinations that drive international design * Features exact CMYK and RGB percentages for easy duplication * Only book that shows color in the context of a real working layout

Genres: Art, Design, Reference, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published October 1, 2001

About the author

Zavier Leslie Cabarga, popularly known as Leslie Cabarga, is an American author, illustrator, cartoonist, animator, font designer, and publication designer. A participant in the underground comix movement in the early 1970s, he has since gone on to write and/or edit over 40 books. His art style evokes images from the 1920s and 1930s, and over the years Cabarga has created many products associated with Betty Boop. His book The Fleischer Story in the Golden Age of Animation, originally published in 1976, has become the authoritative history of the Fleischer Studios.

Reviews

[John · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun!

[Jason Martian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this series! It has repeatedly helped me redefine a project's color pallet and help when I'm in a color quandary.