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“Interesting…useful for photographers as a reference book.” —Amateur Photographer

Has pink always been feminine and blue a man’s colour? Why are we green with envy? Which colour is most expensive and who is the Goddess of Turquoise? Looking for answers, author Joanna Zoelzer has come across remarkable and entertaining facts about colours. In this beautiful coffee table book, we traverse the colour spectrum with 150 remarkable stories of our experience, understanding and theories of colour. With insights from art, nature, psychology and science, this is an amusing, entertaining, and vibrant journey through the cultural history of colour.



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“Interesting…useful for photographers as a reference book.” - Amateur Photographer

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Foreword White Yellow Orange Red Pink Purple Blue Turquoise Green Brown Gray Black Gold Silver Multicolor Appendix

Why bees do not see red and we sometimes feel

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      Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9783961713653, 978-3961713653
      ISBN10: 3961713650
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      “Interesting…useful for photographers as a reference book.” —Amateur Photographer

      Has pink always been feminine and blue a man’s colour? Why are we green with envy? Which colour is most expensive and who is the Goddess of Turquoise? Looking for answers, author Joanna Zoelzer has come across remarkable and entertaining facts about colours. In this beautiful coffee table book, we traverse the colour spectrum with 150 remarkable stories of our experience, understanding and theories of colour. With insights from art, nature, psychology and science, this is an amusing, entertaining, and vibrant journey through the cultural history of colour.



      Trade Review
      “Interesting…useful for photographers as a reference book.” - Amateur Photographer

      Table of Contents
      Foreword White Yellow Orange Red Pink Purple Blue Turquoise Green Brown Gray Black Gold Silver Multicolor Appendix

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