Welcome to Potterton Books website the one stop source for reference books on Architecture, Antiques, Interior Design and the Decorative Arts. POTTERTON BOOKS : INTERIOR DESIGN BOOKS : COLOUR GUIDE BOOKS FOR INTERIOR DESIGN Architectural Colour in British Interiors 1615-1840 by I C Bristow An Essential book for students and designers on all aspects of the historic interior, the author retraces changes in taste, from the schemes of Inigo Jones, the palladians and Robert Adam's lively use of colour theory in the early 19th century Price:  £80.00 Kevin McCloud Choosing colours: An expert choice of the best colours to use in your home This book contains over 700 colour swatches. Combined in more than 60 tried-and-tested palettes. Ranging from historical to modern, neutral to colourful, natural to vibrant, as well as suggesting the best shades of each colour to use in every situation. Every colour matched to commercially available paints. Price:  £20.00 The Colour Design Sourcebook by Caroline Clifton-Mogg 2001. 192pp, 400 colour photographs. This book guides you through every aspect of using colour in the home, from choosing the right paint and fabric colours to adding the perfect accessories. Price:  £25.00 Vital colour: Colour themes for every room by Joanna Copestick & Meryl Lloyd 128pp, 200 colour photographs. This inspirational book by Joanna Copestick and Meryl Lloyd shows how basic colour theory can be applied throughout the home, whether you are introducing a completely new scheme or simply adding a dash of colour. Stunning decorative schemes, shown in striking photographs by Tom Leighton, show how furnishings and accessories can be used successfully, enabling the reader to decorate with total confidence. Price:  £16.99 Color for interior design by Ethel Rompilla 2005. 224pp, 125 illustrations, 95 full colour. This is a comprehensive introduction to working with colour in interior settings. Part one is a history of interiors from the point of view of their colour systems. It spans a breadth of periods and locations, from prehistory through to the renaissance in Italy and Greece; the 16th-18th centuries in France, England, and America; and on to the 19th century and beyond. Among the most notable interiors which are covered are Fresco of elegant ladies from the palace of Knossos, Crete, the black wall from the Roman villa at Boscotrecase near Pompeii; le corbusiers reflecting blue wall at the villa Savoye; james McNeill Whistler's peacock room, at the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington DC and lastly the Tassell house, Brussells part two is an easy-to-understand outline of the basics of colour theory and its underlying science, including optics, prisms, light physics, and colour wheels. It addresses such topics as the symbolism and psychology of colour as well as more practical matters of pigments and dyes. Part three is a practical guide to the would be decorator on the use of colour to enhance interior settings and to create specific effects. Price:  £22.50 Your colours, your home by Pennie Cullen & Carolyn Warrender We all react to colours differently, yet whenb it comes to using colour to decorate our homes we are more likely to follow fashion, than our own instincts. This book explains how to choose decorating colours that reflect your personality and create the best environment for you to live and work in. Price:  £12.99 White Hot: Cool colours for modern living by Tricia Guild 2001. Paperback. 224pp, 250 colour photographs. Tricia Guild offers here a cool, calm palette, in harmony with a contemporary lifestyle. The book is divided into colour group chapters, demonstrating the application of this range in a selection of urban/rural settings, deconstructing each room to explain the choices made. Price:  £14.99 The new colour book: Dulux 104pp, 100 colour photogrpahs. Spiral bound. An introduction to the general principles of using colour, and the challenges facing those who want to select colours to make the most of their living spaces, starts the book. There are then 80 pages of split-page format displaying eight different interiors - two living rooms, two kitchens, two bedrooms, and two bathrooms - one with traditional, country style furnishings, the other with more modern, up to date interior. The background colour on each page varies so that as the split sections are moved, thousands of different combinations of colours can be viewed. The book is spiral bound and protected by a plastic, wipe clean cover, making it highly practical and user friendly. Price:  £15.99 Colour inspirations by Ali Hanan Avail. Nov. 2003. 184pp, over 170 colour photographs. Chapters dedicated to different colour schemes, demonstrate how to combine different shades and tones to create vivid or subtle effects. A practial section gives information on materials and techniques, and colour swatches in each chapter allow the reader to have paints made to match at bespoke paint counters. Price:  £20.00 Colour by Judith Miller 2000. 240pp. Illustrated with more than 700 specially photographed interiors from Morocco to Mexico, Italy to Sweden and Britain to the USA. Also contains paint swatches from major and specialist manufacturers to allow the reader to choose colours to recreate specific styles. Price:  £25.00 Textures & Colours for interiors: An inspirational guide to decorating your home by Katherine Sorrell 2001. 124pp. This volume lets the reader see at a glance how texture and colour can create a room that feels as good as it looks. The reader can match colours and textures together, while examples show how they can be fitted into the home. The pocket-sized pull out flip book contains 600 texture swatches. Price:  £14.99 Decorating with white : from the editors of Victoria magazine 2003. 160pp, 150 colour illus. Every style is here from summery designs to light, bright gardens. From the pages of Victoria - one of America's best-known women's magazines. White is a colour capable of endless subtleties and challenging to use. Uncover the secrets of decorating the "white house" in more than 150 beautiful photographs. Rich traditional, clean-lined contemporary, rustic country, breezy tropical, lushly romantic: every style is here. Price:  £12.99 Think Pink: Mood & colour for modern spaces by Tricia Guild Sept 2002. 172pp, with over 200 colour photographs. Tricia guild's approach to colour is vital, uplifting and constantly evolving. Her instinctive understanding of light and space, her innovative designs and her unparelleled use of colour are dynamic and inspirational. In this book she shows not only how colour is used to establish or change the feel of a space. Hibiscus, poppy, magenta and turquoise clash excitingly with chrome yellow, leaf green and orange. The rich berry colours of a low modern sofa are brought to life by wayward magenta foxgloves. Settings vary from open modern spaces to contemporary town houses and apartments to gracious country houses. The result is a exhilarating mix of moods from joyful and vivacious, soulful and contemplative, fresh and stimulating to restful and relaxed. Price:  £25.00 POTTERTON BOOKS : INTERIOR DESIGN BOOKS : COLOUR GUIDE BOOKS FOR INTERIOR DESIGN Buy Online - the best way to buy.