The book had a generally positive reception from contemporary reviewers. W.E. Klee in a review for Acta Crystallographica wrote: " Color and Symmetry will surely stimulate new interest in colour symmetries and will be of special interest to crystallographers. People active in design may also profit from this book." D.M. Brink in a review for Physics Bulletin published by the Institute of Physics said: "The book will be useful to workers with a technical interest in periodic structures and also to more general readers who are fascinated by symmetrical patterns. The illustrations encourage the reader to understand the mathematical structure underlying the patterns."