RED- A Voyage Into Colors – Second Edition | Valentina Cirasola | Author

Red-A Voyage Into Colors-Second Edition

“…and I was born.
I saw the rainbow and heard the colorful voice of my mother. Ever since then, my life has been a colorful succession of events”.

Gauguin said: “Color is the language of the listening eye”, which helps our imagination soar with inner power and mystery.

Finding our personal style is a process, a matter of learning techniques and following certain basic rules. Colors will help us creating a message, a mood, a feeling, a character, or harmony.

The previous two books I published satisfied me with the topics I chose. I was longing to write a book featuring colors and my design world, and it was only a matter of time. Everything in my profession as a designer involves colors from choosing the right hardwood flooring to the colors of cabinetries, from fabrics to bath fixtures, lighting, colors, and style.

In the past, color was one of the elements added to a given project. Today the color is the project; it has become a philosophy in the arts, in marketing, and in our lives. We live in a culture of colors as life’s manifestation and as a means of communicating with others. We can design colorful spaces or wear amazing color combinations that will add a smile on our face and energy to our personality. If we live in a home reflecting our personality, if we wear colors becoming to our face and body and if we eat in the rainbow, we can only expect to exude positive energy, which in turn will captivate our surroundings.

Color is life! We live under a blue sky and a yellow sun; a silver moon kisses us at night; we swim in green-blue seas and climb on brown mountains; we stroll in green parks and forests, our gardens are filled with a profusion of colored flowers. Nature has done it all for us, we can just copy it and celebrate. We are nature; we are the colors.

Since a young age, color has been the primary power in my life’s manifestation and later determined my design work. With this book, I wanted to depict a bouquet of information regarding colors for home interiors, fashion, food, colors for celebrations, and even colors in astrology, all the subjects that are dear to my heart.
This third book, as the previous two books, also contains my hand drawings, my photographs, and a lot of passion.

Allow yourself to experiment with various color combinations and challenge your fantasy!

“The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts ~ Marcus Aurelius ~