There is a Penguin Classics Collection that I highly admire called the Drop Caps series designed by Paul Buckley. What I feel makes the collection so visually appealing is the colours used. It is made up of Vibrant colours that cover the covers, spines and pages of the books that produce a rainbow gradient designed to look amazing together on a shelf.
My Collections Colour selection
I wanted my colours to look visually appealing together but also relate to the story. I decided upon the gradient of blues and reds. Blues would symbolise the beautiful winter scenes that are described throughout the story and red would show the danger aspect of war and Natzi Germany.
Together the colours seem patriotic to Britain which symbolises how patriotic Britian were during WW2. When the books are in order the colours gradually get darker this shows how the story becomes more intense and emotional as time goes on.
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