The Secret Lives of Color

BUY!! NO KIDDING!! ENGAGING AND FUN AND GAME CHANGER: I'm a little hard to get going into stories. I'm A.D.D. and I just need hooks. I didn't really expect this to be more than a need-to-read for professional upgrading. I especially struggle with dry stories, which this seemed to HAVE to be, right? A book on color. Come on. I expected this book to be at least a little helpful with understanding color and understanding color benefits basically all areas of life (in some way or another).But WOW. I am reading this book and I. Am. Engaged!! That sounds cheesy, but MAN is it filled with really *really* cool facts and somehow it's like reading a book of trivia that is also profoundly impacting my entire world of color understanding. It's not just helping a little; this book is re-framing color for me. CLAPS to the author!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you SO much! Just. I'm stunned. And so impressed. Thank you!

Lo vengo queriendo desde hace mucho, si eres amante del diseño y buscas un libro que no sea el típico libro sobre el color este es el adecuado. Tiene la historia sobre más de 100 colores y algunas historias atrás de cada uno, es un libro muy entretenido. Recomendadisimo, no es grande pero si tiene pasta dura y es gordito

This is a delightfully crafted mini coffee-table book of the best kind. The book begins with a general introduction to the topic of color including the general physics of light, psychology and culture and materials. The rest of the book is divided into color types like "white" featuring related color names like "silver, ivory" and so forth. Each section is a quick, but literate discussion of how each color was made and has been used in history, including some of the less-savory implications. The quest for pretty colors can come with a steep price in terms of toxicity or wars over possessing the raw materials (but we are learning to be more thoughtful). This book knows that color also adds meaning to our lives - a world without flowers, rainbows or glass beads would be far less joyful.

Book was damaged. Needed to be cushioned before placing in shipping box. It had been dropped hard enough to bend 3 of the corners and top and bottom of spine. So far, the book is very interesting. First damaged item I have had from Amazon. Undamaged, I would have rated it a 5.

Please buy this book! So entertaining to read! I finished it in 3 days, couldnt get enough. I wish there was a series and more books with more shades and colors. WOW! If you love art, history or your profession revolves around colors, BUY IT!

I saw this on a friend’s coffee table, picked it up to take a look inside, and immediately ordered one for myself. I love color. I love history. And color history is fascinating! The book is of good quality, has beautiful images, and is soooo interesting! Highly recommend.

My boss is an artist. I purchased this book for her for her birthday. She loved it. I'm not an artist and actually loved the pages I looked at. It is definitely worth the purchase. Very unique book.

This book is absolutely fascinating! I never knew the history behind colors could be so interesting! The only downside is that I wish the book had the history of even more colors because once I started reading, I couldn't stop; I was so enthralled by the stories! Shipping was super quick, and the book was packaged so incredibly well!! Super duper happy with this book :)