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Updated 11/5/09

The Complete Color Index Set

With over 2600 color combinations, this book set by Jim Krause comprises a comprehensive color-selection tool. Each color palette includes a swatch, an example of the colors used in a design, and accurate CMYK and RGB formulas. The palettes in Color Index are divided into categories based on the moods they evoke, while the palettes in Color Index 2 are based on color families. This is an indispensable tool for designers, illustrators, photographers, crafters, and fine artists.

This Set includes these 2 books:
(can also be purchased individually)

Color Index (Original): Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media (2002)
1,000+ color combinations and formulas to help graphic artists solve design dilemmas and create effective images for both print and the Web

Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas (2007)
companion to the original Color Index; containing many more color combinations for your projects

BUY / ORDER INFO:
Complete Color Index Set
Item No.: 1600613330

Coming in Mar/Apr 2010:
Color Index, Revised

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The Design Essentials Index Kit
(Box set)

This great-looking box set includes three of Jim Krause's best selling "Index" books for graphic designers. The Kit offers solutons for design basics, creative type, and combining colors.

This Kit includes these 3 books:
(can also be purchased individually)

Design Basics Index (2004)
a look at the basic building blocks of design and the process of putting those elements together to create head-turning work; a desk reference no designer should be without

Type Idea Index: The Designer's Ultimate Tool for Choosing and Using Fonts Creatively (2006)
examination of the creative and practical issues involved in all of the important areas, such as font anatomy, headlines, and body texts

Color Index 2: Over 1500 New Color Combinations. For Print and Web Media. CMYK and RGB Formulas (2007)
contains hundreds of color combinations for your print and Web projects

BUY / ORDER INFO:
Design Essentials Index Kit
Item No.: 1600611427

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The Designers Complete Index Set
(Carrying case set)

This cool collector's carrying case contains a set of three of Jim Krause's best-selling books. The Set helps designers with graphic effects, typographic treatments, dynamic layouts, and color combinations.

This Set includes these 3 books:
(can also be purchased individually)

Idea Index: Graphic Effects and Typographic Treatments (2000)
creative ideas that you may not have thought of for treatment of graphics and text

Layout Index: Brochure, Web Design, Poster, Flyer, Advertising, Page Layout, Newsletter, Stationery Index (2001)
layout ideas to help designers explore multiple possibilities for visual treatments of newsletters, flyers, posters, brochures, advertising, stationery, page layout, and Web pages

Color Index (Original): Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK and RGB Formulas, for Print and Web Media (2002)
1,000+ color combinations and formulas to help graphic artists solve design dilemmas and create effective images for both print and the Web

BUY / ORDER INFO:
Designers Complete Index Set
Item No.: 1581805519

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Ideas & Inspiration for Creating Professional-Quality Images Using Standard Digital Equipment:

Photo Idea Index
provides information designers need to take creative photographs, explore different digital manipulations, and use them in real-world design applications

Photo Idea Index - Places
images of places large and small, far and near, ordinary and extraordinary; on-site shooting techniques and post-shooting digital treatments

Photo Idea Index - Things
tips and tricks for using standard digital equipment to create professional-quality images of interesting objects

Coming in Aug/Sept 2010:
Photo Idea Index - People

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other recommended graphic design books:

> AIGA Professional Practices in Graphic Design

> Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market: Where & How to Sell...

> Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Graphic Design

> Business & Legal Forms for Graphic Designers

> The Business Side of Creativity

> Color Index : Over 1100 Color Combinations, CMYK & RGB Formulas

> Design Basics

> Designing Brand Identity : A Complete Guide to Creating, Building & Maintaining...

> The Education of a Graphic Designer

> Elements of Graphic Design : Space, Unity, Page Architecture & Type

> Getting It Printed : How to Work with Printers & Graphic Imaging Services...

> Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines

> Graphic Design for the 21st Century : 100 of the World's Best Graphic Designers

> Graphic Design Time Line : A Century of Design Milestones

> Graphic Designer's Guide to Pricing, Estimating & Budgeting

> Process Color Manual : 24,000 CMYK Combinations for Design, Prepress & Printing

> Starting Your Career as a Freelance Illustrator or Graphic Designer