The Secret Lives of Color Hardcover – October 24, 2017

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!

Whether you're a painter, artist, author, or even a spiritual leader, this book has extremely valuable information about the origins of various pigments, their spiritual and metaphorical meanings, and the history of how those meanings interact with socio-political movements. If you're using color in your work, whether literally or in descriptions of "cloth of purple" and "pitch-black night," this book has information that can deepen your understand and improve your use of color.

Fascinating and lyrical, I've bought this for several friends.

Interesting history of color.

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.

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 :)

The Secret Lives of Color is a non-fiction book by journalist Kassia St. Clair. She is passionate about the subject which explores the cultural and social history of colors. She assembled this book from her columns in British magazine Elle Decoration. It is organized in a series of chapters by color, arranged from white to black. Lovely

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.