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Book Synopsis"What's my colour book about? If you ask me, I would have preferred to colour quietly, instead of talking. I'm marking this great white page with blue ink, but ideally, I would rather not have written any words at all. Colour speaks for itself better than words can - you can 'feel' colour, and it goes straight into your heart...So what I'm hoping to do here is to let you actually get to know colours. Meet them face to face, by yourself. Not just through words, but by playing around them. That's the only way to become friends. My words are going to take you on a kind of dance around colour - I've even made up a word for this dance, I'm calling it THE COLOUR DANCE." - Sophie Benini Pietromarchi In this much-anticipated sequel to the bestselling 'The Book Book', artist and educator Sophie Benini Pietromarchi takes children into the world of colour. Illustrated in remarkable collage artwork, and written in an intimate, easy tone, 'The Colour Book' is an exciting journey from childhood memories and the feelings that colours can create, to the practicalities of mixing shades and creating a personal colour diary.
Trade ReviewPraise for Sophie Benini Pietromarchi's 'The Book Book' "A musing and artistic approach - it's as much an exhortation to artistry as it is a guide to creation." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "One of the most imaginative and beautifully designed manuals I have ever used." - Inis Magazine
Table of ContentsTHE COLOUR DANCE - 4 1. The Land or Childhood Colours - 12 1.1 Remembering Feelings - 14 1.2 Mixing it all up - 18 2. A Word Dance Starring Colour Characters - 20 2.1 The Red Dragon - 22 2.2 The Yellow Bird of Paradise - 24 2.3 The Great Blue Feather - 26 2.4 The White Angel - 28 2.5 The Black Lion - 30 2.6 Mrs Brown Snail - 32 3. The Colour Cage - 34 3.1 The Dance of the Glance - 36 3.2 The Forest of Colour - 40 4. Nature - 52 4.1 Picture Explorer - 52 4.2 Turning Nature Upside-Down - 58 5. Moods - 65 5.1 Feelings - 65 5.2 Colour Faces - 66 5.3 Colour Feelings 70 6. Colour Probes - 76 6.1 Colour Names - 76 6.2 Personal Colours - 78 THE BASICS 7. The Basics - 84 7.1 Primary Colours - 85 7.2 Complementary Colours - 87 7.3 Colour Shade Recipes - 92 7.4 Making a Colour from Scratch - 99 8. Your Own Colour Trails - 102 8.1 Your Colour Maze - 104 8.2 Your Own Shade System - 106 8.3 Portrait of your Colour Box - 110 9. Your New Eyes - 114 10. Matching Colours - 118 10.1 Harmony and Contrasts - 118 YOUR OWN BOOK OF COLOUR - 112 THE END OF THE COLOUR DANCE - 140
