An account, colour by colour, of the history of pigment. If you ever been curious about where all those colours originate, this si for you.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #273759 in Books
• Published on: 2003-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 464 pages

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Customer Reviews

One book with two names
This is an exellent book, but do not be tempted to buy Travels through the Paintbox" by the same author. The two books are completely identical, except for the title! I bought both as a pair and found the contents were the same.

A Must for any Artist or Art Lover
I am a working Artist, I use paint everyday and Spent 5 years in Art College and I never knew most of the information about pigments and paint that are in this book. It has changed the way I think of and use colour.I certainly have a new found awe of the old masters and their ability to produce such amazing images and for the colours to have survived!!I cannot highly recommend this book , in fact I emailed my old painting Lecturer and advised her to put this book on the cirriculum!

Great Book but Beware
A truly excellent book all round with wonderful anecdotes. A must for anyone interested in colour, dyeing or painting. The book would be improved with more pictures but still it is a clearly a labour of love for the author. Check out the extensive bibliography - this is extensively researched (one of the great measures of non-fiction) and the notes are really worth reading too. One warning; I bought (through Amazon) the 2004 paperback published by Random House. 31 pages of chapter 10 were completely missing and the Initial (first letter on page one) of chapters 1 and 2 were missing... I suspect the print run was flawed and should have been spotted by Random House's proof readers. Imagine - the first letter of the first word of the first chapter is missing.... Amazon was great and offered a refund... no criticism of Amazon is intended but be aware...