The book Color Index XL was written by Jim Krause who has already written two other books on color schemes. This is a book with a simple system to select color schemes to use in graphic design or artistic works. Each page has four variations of a color scheme of five colors. The page is divided into the different color variations bright, light muted and dark with the CMYK and RGB numbers that can be plugged into the computer.
The book is divided into an introduction on how best to use the book and then the book spends some time on color theory in general: hue, saturation and value. Finally, the book is divided into three additional chapters: warmer palettes, mixed palettes and cooler palettes. I think a great advantage of this book is to see the colors on the printed page instead of on the computer screen.
The book contains over 1,100 palettes of colors and is an excellent resource book to add to any designer's collection. I highly recommend this book as a great idea sourcebook for color references. I wrote this honest review for Blogging for Books as I received a free copy for doing so.
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