Bold Books for Color Lovers
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Color. Color. Color. It’s such a powerful aspect of our lives, and yet most of us probably haven’t stopped to think deeply about color as a concept. We appreciate particular colors, arrange them, and live with them, but there’s so much more to color than those actions may let on. Here are fifteen books that give color a closer look, including works written by historians who have delved deep into color’s past, color theorists who have contemplated its power, and interior designers who put color to its best use.
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The History of Color
- Color: A Natural History of the Paletteby Victoria Finlay
- Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Colorby Philip Ball
- The Color Revolutionby Regina Lee Blaszczyk
- The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europeby Sarah Lowengard
- Color and Culture: Practice and Meaning from Antiquity to Abstractionby John Gage
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Historical Books About Color
- Color Standards and Color Nomenclatureby Robert Ridgway, 1912
- A Color Notationby Albert Henry Munsell, 1905 (2nd ed.)
- Colour-Sense Training and Colour Usingby E.J. Taylor, 1908
- Theory of Colors由约翰·Wolfgang von Goethe, 1810 (original) and 1840 (English ed.)
- Chromatics: Or, the Analogy, Harmony, and Philosophy of Coloursby George Field, 1845 (2nd ed.)
Color in Interior Design Today
- Color: Transform Your Homeby Abigail Ahern
- Conran on Colorby Terence Conran
- Bright Bazaar: Embracing Color for Make-You-Smile Styleby Will Taylor
- Black & White (and a Bit in Between)by Celerie Kemble
- A Colorful Home: Create Lively Palettes for Every Room由苏珊检和Rinne艾伦
What are some of your favorite books on color?