128 Colors: A Sample Book for Architects, Conservators and Designers

By Katrin Trautwein

An instrument for the selection of color

Dealing with color is a
complex subject: influenced by standards, fashions, and trends, we
derive our ideas and concepts from color theories, intuition, and
personal preferences. The color swatches and systems for describing
color common today are based on purely quantitative principles and
include well over 1,500 colors. So how do we choose a particular color?

More
than ten years ago, the color chemist Katrin Trautwein established a
pigment factory, starting out from Le Corbusier's color palette. She now
has more than 900 recipes for paint from which she has proposed - based
on her work with architects, designers, and historical preservationists
- a selection of 128 colors that produce pleasant results on their own
and also combine well. Each color is presented with a sample; their
potential uses and significance are also discussed.

Katrin
Trautwein has lectured throughout the world on how to approach colors,
given seminars, given expert opinions, advised architects, taught
painters, and worked as a restorer.

A tool of the trade in a user-friendly design with a spiral binding and a hard coverWith information on the origins of the paints and pigments usedWith approximations for the color description systems commonly used today, such as CMYK and RGB

• Format: Spiral-bound
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3034603177
• ISBN13: 9783034603171
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 9.0" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary