The Colour Code :Why we see red, feel blue and go green

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The Colour Code

The Colour Code :Why we see red, feel blue and go green

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How is The Colour Code different to other books on colour? Well, the short answer is that it is a whole lot more fun - not least because it is extensively illustrated. We don't just get a story about Mummy Brown (the pigment made from Egyptian mummies), we see a painting created with pigments from the remains of French kings. We are reminded of the blue/gold dress that swept Twitter, view paintings by Mondrian (red ones sell for higher prices) and Van Eyck (he invented an enduring green), and inspect the red soles of Louboutin shoes. We see what lumps of Indian yellow look like, while reading what they are made of (strained cow's urine). We get to see the latest most vibrant pigment - YinMn Blue - and have a real estate agent's tour of Frank Sinatra's ranch (he was obsessed by orange). We see William Morris's arsenic-inflected wallpapers and hear about whether wallpaper killed Napoleon. We encounter the pink pussy hats worn on the Women's March and Elvis's pink jackets from Lansky's in Memphis, take in a history of the black dress from Audrey Hepburn to Princess Diana and a rare black chicken (even its eggs are black) from Indonesia. Featuring a cast of actors, artists, chemists, composers, dentists, dictators, fashion designers, film-makers, gods, musicians, mystics, physicists, poets, quacks, tigers and tycoons, The Colour Code will change the way we all perceive the spectrum - and see the world.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9781781256268
ISBN10 1781256268
Number Of Pages 352
Item Weight 580 g
Product Dimensions 128 x 196 x 30 mm
Publisher / Reseller Profile Books Ltd
Format paperback
Edition Main
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Such fun. An illuminating story for every stitch in your wardrobe and pigment on your wall -- Simon Garfield, author * Just My Type *
Fun ... If you want to know about football strips or national flags, why fire engines are red, why the Pope wears white or why the leader of the Tour de France has a yellow jersey you'll find the answer here -- Honor Clerk * Spectator *
An entertaining, surprisingly informative piece of work that might even change the way we see the things around us -- Derek Parker * Weekend Australian *

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Author's Bio

Paul Simpson writes on culture. An award-winning journalist, he launched the football magazine, FourFourTwo, has edited the Design Council magazine, and has written for the Financial Times, Campaign and Wanderlust. His previous books include works on cult movies, Elvis Presley and J.R.R. Tolkien. He has been fascinated by colour since buying a yellow suit and being told he couldn't wear it in the office.

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