Living with Color: Inspiration and How-Tos to Brighten Up Your Home
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- Create Date：2021-05-17 11:56:07
- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Rebecca Atwood
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Summary
Discover inspiration from the most colorful homes in America with this vibrant lookbook and style manual that brings the magic of color into your home--from the author of Living with Pattern
Personalizing your color palette may be one of the most important decisions you make in your home。 The right combination of hues can set the mood and transform any room from ordinary to magical。 Textile designer Rebecca Atwood invites you to take a color journey in this stunning yet practical guide。
In Living with Color， you'll tour beautifully designed homes to see some of the most interesting uses of the rainbow and to gather inspiration for your own spaces。 You'll train your eye to notice how color lives all around you， from the pink light bouncing off a building you see every day to the exact blue of the ocean on your last getaway。 You can even learn how to express yourself through your own custom palette with Rebecca's accessible， illustrated overview of color theory。 As you embark on your color hunt and begin to trust your own instincts， Living with Color will embolden you to breathe life into every part of your home。
Personalizing your color palette may be one of the most important decisions you make in your home。 The right combination of hues can set the mood and transform any room from ordinary to magical。 Textile designer Rebecca Atwood invites you to take a color journey in this stunning yet practical guide。
In Living with Color， you'll tour beautifully designed homes to see some of the most interesting uses of the rainbow and to gather inspiration for your own spaces。 You'll train your eye to notice how color lives all around you， from the pink light bouncing off a building you see every day to the exact blue of the ocean on your last getaway。 You can even learn how to express yourself through your own custom palette with Rebecca's accessible， illustrated overview of color theory。 As you embark on your color hunt and begin to trust your own instincts， Living with Color will embolden you to breathe life into every part of your home。
Reviews
Ella Golparvar
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I really enjoyed reading this books and I must say that I learned a great deal from it！ （ the author suggests cool ideas every once in awhile on how to use colours in different occasions）。However， I believe that she could definitely choose better pictures and illustrations to encourage those who read her book volitionally。
Frances
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Beautiful book and the rare coffee table book that’s worth the buy。 My only issue is that the rooms chosen all kind of had the same vibe， like they could have been designed by the same hand。 The information about how to work with color and put colors together is invaluable。
Stephanie Spafford
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Atwood helps you learn more about working and using colour in your homes。 She is great at giving you fundamental knowledge about which colours work together。 While I'm not one for too much colour in my home this is a great reference book。 Atwood helps you learn more about working and using colour in your homes。 She is great at giving you fundamental knowledge about which colours work together。 While I'm not one for too much colour in my home this is a great reference book。 。。。more
Huan
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Good book with great visualization that is practical。 My only issue is that it gets somewhat repetitive at the end。
Michael Denham
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Handy book with quick tips on how to better appreciate colors and develop color palettes for interior design projects。
Elizabeth
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A beautiful book about colors。
Denise
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This is a weird home decor book for me， because I loved the text but hated the images。 In particular I loved her argument about neutrals - that we shouldn’t treat them as non colors because they have so many shades and depths that you can make neutrals clash if you don’t pay attention。 Her argument for expanding the concept of neutrals also articulated something I have known but been trying to say about my own decorating for years - lavender is a neutral， butter yellow is a neutral， all sorts of This is a weird home decor book for me， because I loved the text but hated the images。 In particular I loved her argument about neutrals - that we shouldn’t treat them as non colors because they have so many shades and depths that you can make neutrals clash if you don’t pay attention。 Her argument for expanding the concept of neutrals also articulated something I have known but been trying to say about my own decorating for years - lavender is a neutral， butter yellow is a neutral， all sorts of things are neutral。 She argues that any color that echos something commonly seen in large quantities in nature （blue sky， dusky purple， green grass） can work as a neutral in your room， if you play your cards right。 The rooms shown are so weird though。 We are intended to see only the beautiful plays of color， but the rest of the decor is so odd with clashing furniture styles and such that I just couldn’t get into it。 。。。more
Carmen Liffengren
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Always remember that decorating has a long arc， and it takes time to create something really meaningful。I love color！ I love soaking in all the variations of gradient color。 I'm drawn to whimsical pops of color。 I truly enjoyed this in-depth approach to being bold with color in my home。 This book is good at teaching how to create a cohesive color story and finding palette anchors。 Color sets the mood for every space and art can anchor to reveal one's color palette。 I also respond to intricate te Always remember that decorating has a long arc， and it takes time to create something really meaningful。I love color！ I love soaking in all the variations of gradient color。 I'm drawn to whimsical pops of color。 I truly enjoyed this in-depth approach to being bold with color in my home。 This book is good at teaching how to create a cohesive color story and finding palette anchors。 Color sets the mood for every space and art can anchor to reveal one's color palette。 I also respond to intricate textures and Atwood explores the use of layering color with interesting textures and patterns。 Color will make you happy！ 。。。more
Sarah TheAromaofBooks
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So obviously I thought I would like this book， or I wouldn't have bought it。 But I ended up genuinely loving this one。 Atwood starts with a scientific look at color， terms， the color wheel， texture， etc。 The rest of the book is rather on the touchy-feely side， but because she has started with a practical foundation， I didn't mind。 Color IS very emotional and visceral， and Atwood very thoughtfully takes her readers through the spectrum of colors， exploring their history and usage， and encouraging So obviously I thought I would like this book， or I wouldn't have bought it。 But I ended up genuinely loving this one。 Atwood starts with a scientific look at color， terms， the color wheel， texture， etc。 The rest of the book is rather on the touchy-feely side， but because she has started with a practical foundation， I didn't mind。 Color IS very emotional and visceral， and Atwood very thoughtfully takes her readers through the spectrum of colors， exploring their history and usage， and encouraging her readers to reflect on their personal history and feelings with each color。 The next section visits several homes owned by interior decorators， clothing designers， artists， and other people whose livelihood deals with color。 I wasn't expecting to like this section as much， as none of the home styles really appealed to me， but again Atwood pulls practical information & tips that can be used even by someone who likes things quiet and boring like me。 In the final section of the book， Atwood gives readers multiple steps to follow to really think about how to use color in our own homes， including making your own color wheel and color palettes， and exploring color and texture all around you。 All in all， while touchy-feely， this book also had so much useful， interesting information that I ended up loving it。 It's rare to have a book like this really challenge me to look differently at what is around me， but this one did。 I've found myself really looking at undertones， neutrals， textures， etc。， and thinking about the way colors do （or don't） work in the places I visit。And， bonus， the actual physical aspect of this book is almost perfect - the matte-finish cover， the blue-spray page edges， the glossy pages - ugh， I loved every moment of reading this book because it was such a tactile pleasure！ 。。。more
Laura
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There is lots of thought provoking information about color in this text。 I enjoyed the photography and the ideas about how to think about color changes in living and working space。
Abby
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For someone like myself， who doesn't really understand why I'm drawn to the colors that I am， or how to pair colors in a compatible way， I found this book to helpful in explaining the basics and how to create a color story for my home。 The pictures were interesting and inspirational， without feeling impossible to achieve or overly styled。 For someone like myself， who doesn't really understand why I'm drawn to the colors that I am， or how to pair colors in a compatible way， I found this book to helpful in explaining the basics and how to create a color story for my home。 The pictures were interesting and inspirational， without feeling impossible to achieve or overly styled。 。。。more
Victoria
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A beautifully presented， both in text content and in photographs， discussion of the role color plays in everyday home life。 Certainly thought provoking。
Katie Nelson
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