Editorial
Colors
author
Luciana Trost
,
Ale Mottesi
Date
March 4, 2026
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Gallery — Natural (Vol. 02): 2025 (Photographs from the book. Copyright © Palette Playbook & Victionary, 2025)
It is often said, and rightly so, that in the fields of design and creativity one never stops learning or exploring new possibilities in order to foster the openness required for what is new and original in future projects: the new design pieces, or even works of art, that every creative aims to produce, whether to surpass their own ideas or to keep pace with current trends and avant-garde movements.
In this sense, Victionary, one of the most prestigious design publishing houses, which has supported the creative field since 2001, accompanies artists and designers around the world on the path of innovation through books that have become key references in this environment. Graphic design, art, illustration, children’s books, and even travel guides are just some of the subjects addressed by this important publisher.
On this occasion, we present two essential titles focused on color and brought together within the Palette Playbook universe: Palette Playbook Vol. 01: Radiant and Palette Playbook Vol. 02: Natural.
Gallery — Natural (Vol. 02): 2025 (Photographs from the book. Copyright © Palette Playbook & Victionary, 2025)
Palette Playbook Vol. 01: Radiant
The first volume of this duo explores, as its title suggests, a range of vibrant, “radiant” color palettes. It is clearly oriented toward creations with an emotional impact that tends to energize, uplift, and even illuminate the viewer. Strong contrasts appear across typography, shapes, packaging, brand design examples, and catalogs that showcase different combinations of these colors.
The second volume of this pair, Palette Playbook Vol. 02: Natural, focuses instead on combinations of more muted color palettes, which translate into a sense of calm for the observing eye and lead to more reflective designs with a more formal and rigorous tone. As in the Radiant volume, the colors are applied to shapes, typography, packaging, and brand design examples, offering a point of departure for ideas to emerge as readers move through its pages.
Both volumes are bound in softcover with a dust jacket whose texture resembles rustic fabric, inviting the visual world to extend into the tactile realm and creating an explosion of sensations for our senses and perceptions. Their pages, with ideal weight, perfect opacity, and a smooth texture, encourage sustained viewing and visual rest, creating favorable conditions for ideas to flourish.
Committing to paper editions of fundamental books for the creative universe is, without a doubt, one of Victionary’s strongest assets in a world that, in our view, is going back to basics
Two essential books to keep within reach on the shelf, to drive creative projects and to let imagination take flight.
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Original title
PALETTE PLAYBOOK VOL.01: RADIANT
+ VOL.02: NATURAL
publisher
Victionary
Size
135 X 190 MM
No. of pages
VOL.01: 480 PP; VOL.02: 480 PP
Format
FULL COLOUR, SOFT COVER WITH JACKET
Release date
2025
Language
ENGLISH
ISBN
VOL.01: 978-988-70660-3-3; VOL.02: 978-988-70660-2-6
CREDITS
Art direction
victor Cheung
Graphic design
Viction:workshop ltd.
