Renowned color designer Lauren Wager takes readers on a vibrant journey through the rich and diverse color combinations found in animals. From insects and birds to sea creatures, each animal is presented with a detailed color profile, complete with color wheels and practical CMYK and RGB values—an invaluable tool for designers, artists and creative enthusiasts alike. Alongside striking animal portraits, mood boards draw inspiration from these natural palettes, connecting the colors of wildlife to art, design, fashion and photography. In this, her fourth book, Wager invites readers to explore the dynamic interplay between nature’s hues and creative expression, offering fresh ideas and new ways to harness color in personal and professional projects.

Whether you are a professional designer, an aspiring artist, or simply someone captivated by the beauty of the natural world, this book immerses you in the extraordinary colors that populate our planet. Celebrating both the bold and subtle shades of living creatures, it shows how nature’s palettes can inspire vibrant, innovative and endlessly versatile creative work. With her signature eye for color and decades of experience, Wager transforms the animal kingdom into a guide for anyone seeking inspiration, teaching readers to see, understand, and use color in new and exciting ways.

Lauren Wager is a color designer and author based in Columbus, Ohio. She created Color Collective, a color inspiration blog showcased in Lucky Magazine, Design*Sponge, Refinery29, and HuffPost. Author of Palette Perfect Volumes 1 & 2 and Fashion Palettes, she works as an independent color and creative director. Wager finds inspiration everywhere, curating images that reveal how color connects nature, fashion, design, art and memory, showing that powerful palettes exist in both the extraordinary and everyday.