When we say something is red, how can we know if we’re all seeing the same thing?
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A poetic, passionate and intensely personal exploration of colour written during the final year of Derek Jarman's life -- with a new introduction by Ali Smith.In Chroma, his most poetic and lyrical book, Derek Jarman explores the uses of…
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First published in 1814 and expanded in 1821 - long before the era of colour photography or print - Syme's edition of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours attempted to establish a universal colour reference system to help identify, classify and…
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A beautifully illustrated visual and cultural history of the color blue throughout the agesBlue has had a long and topsy-turvy history in the Western world. The ancient Greeks scorned it as ugly and barbaric, but most Americans and…
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'A rare and wonderful book... I could not be more enthusiastic.' Simon Winchester'A treasure trove of human history and obsession...the breadth of research and insight is dazzling.' Glasgow HeraldColour unlocks the history of the colours of…
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The sea, the sky, the veins of your hands, the earth when photographed from space--blue sometimes seems to overwhelm all the other shades of our world in its all-encompassing presence.…
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Unlock the secrets of colour - learn how and why it has been used in art over the centuriesThis vibrant and compelling book uses 240 artworks as case studies to tell the story of ten individual colours or colour groups. It explores the…
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