The Beader’s Guide to Color by Margie Deeb

Margie Deeb's book "The Beader's Guide to Color" is a great resource on color theory. Whether or not you use beads in your chosen art/craft, the beautifully illustrated discussions of color theory in this book make it a good read. Professionally photographed pieces of beadwork accompany pages on specific color combinations, and small diagrams show suggested accent colors to go with a chosen main color. I refer to this book whenever I need color inspiration. For seed beaders, the book has an additional perk: all suggested color combinations are listed with the color number of the recommended Delica bead for that color. Also, since there are so many inspirational pictures of beadwork, many beaders will like this book just for the inspiring work shown. I don't do a lot of seed beading, however, and this is in my top 10 list of art and craft related books that I own.