Colour: The deck: 50 cards for exploring combinations and palettes

Perryman, Laura

ISBN 10: 184601784X ISBN 13: 9781846017841

Publisher: Ilex Press, 2026

Synopsis

"Such a brilliantly useful resource - I won't be decorating another room without referring to this first." - Pip Rich, Editor, Livingetc

An essential source for graphic designers, artists, interior designers, fashion designers, illustrators and creatives of any kind who work with colour.

Colour is intrinsic to the human experience; it guides us with subconscious visual cues throughout our lives. Get it right in your design or art and you can enhance mood and atmosphere, and create a desired psychological or even physiological effect.

With 50 cards on key colours, detailing colour values, common connotations, facts and use ideas, this deck is your user friendly tool for navigating the fascinating world of colour and putting this information to use in your every day life - whether for interior design, art, fashion or coming up with colour pairings and palettes.

Contents will include:
- Booklet detailing the basics of colour theory, the colour wheel, colour psychology and colour systems as well as notes and suggestions on how to use the cards
- 50 cards with key information on colour values, common connotations, facts and use ideas

About this title

About the Author

Laura Perryman has 10 years' experience as a designer and trends forecaster. Her ethos is that the use of colour should be innovative, well considered but, above all, purposeful.

Laura's work has featured in Architectural Digest, House & Garden and Business Week. She was the recipient of a prestigious colour award from the Society of Dyers and Colourists and her innovative surface designs received the prize for Inclusive Interior: Design for our Future Selves from CABE, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.

Laura regularly lectures at universities, including Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts, London, and Bucks New University. She also talks internationally about the powerful impact of colour, material design and what insights and trends to look out for, most recently at LuxePack Shanghai, Stockholm Furniture Fair, and the London Design Festival. In the past 10 years Laura has brought this specialist knowledge into play for brands as diverse and forward thinking as 3M, Habitat and Panasonic Europe. Laura currently runs Colour of Saying, a consultancy that specialises in future forward design with colour and materials.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ilex Press
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 184601784X
• ISBN 13: 9781846017841
• Binding: Cards