{"product_id":"the-secret-lives-of-color","title":"The Secret Lives of Color","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture. \"A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every color has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking.\"--Simon Garfield, author ofJust My Type\"--\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKassia St. Clair\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance journalist and author based in London. She graduated from Bristol University with a first-class honors degree in history in 2007 and went on to do a master's degree at Oxford. There she wrote her dissertation on women's masquerade costumes during the eighteenth century and graduated with distinction. She has since written about design and culture for publications including \n\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eHouse \u0026amp; Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eQuartz\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \n\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e. She has had a column about color in \n\u003ci\u003eElle Decoration\u003c\/i\u003e since 2013 and is a former assistant books and arts editor for \n\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Beautifully written and thoughtfully produced . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Nina Martyris, NPR\u003cb\u003e's Best Books of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"If you adore color, you'll love \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Color\u003c\/i\u003e. This passionate and majestic compedium . . . will leave you bathed in the gorgeous optics of light.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A kaleidoscope of charming, discursive essays . . . A light and lively guide [that] offers plenty of fresh clues for the brain's colorful calculations.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fascinating.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--BuzzFeed\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gorgeous.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The history of colors, it turns out, is the story of science as well as art. Kassia St. Clair's entertaining book brings them both into vivid relief.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Color\u003c\/i\u003e by Kassia St. Clair presents readers with [an] opportunity to relish in otherwise mundane aspects of reality. . . . An engaging mix of aesthetic analysis and optical science, it could make anyone a keen observer of our kaleidoscopic world.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePopular Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Riveting . . . diligently researched . . . Whatever your opinion of a shade, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Color\u003c\/i\u003e provides some illuminating perspectives on it.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every color has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--Simon Garfield\u003c\/b\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \n\u003ci\u003eJust My Type: A Book About Fonts\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"St. Clair delivers a mix of science, humor, and art history in this collection of bite-sized essays on the cultural and social lore of colors. . . . Her sentences guarantee sustained reading. . . . [Her] rhetoric beautifies the form of the brief essay.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e -- \n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \" \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Color\u003c\/i\u003e holds surprise and satisfaction at every striation of the rainbow.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brimming with facts, historical insights and curious tales.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElle Decoration\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Weirdly fascinating.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Charming.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--The \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Fascinating insights . . . a lexicon of colors, simultaneously revealing the cultural attitudes that determine our responses to them.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCountry Living\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"What \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Color \u003c\/i\u003eoffers really is, in some sense, a flash portrait of human civilization, a zigzagging and unpredictable exploration of how significantly color has shaped histories and disciplines, fueled empires, changed the nature of war and caused species to flourish or face extinction.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChemistry World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A must for anyone interested in color [or] decorating, but also language, culture and art.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--The Chromologist\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A work of art in its own right, \n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives Of Color\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful tactile book.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--The Pool\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"St. Clair serves up a chromatic buffet.\" \n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eNature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA dazzling gift, the unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has all the answers.\" \u003cb\u003e--NPR, \u003cb\u003e Best Books of 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Secret Lives of Color\u003c\/i\u003e tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes, and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"This passionate and majestic compedium will leave you bathed in the gorgeous optics of light.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 06\/19\/2017 (EAN 9780143131144, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 09\/01\/2017 pg. 4 (EAN 9780143131144, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 12\/01\/2017 (EAN 9780143131144, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496026800406,"sku":"9780143131144","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9780143131144.jpg?v=1783050952","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/the-secret-lives-of-color","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}