Why bees do not see red and we sometimes feel blue: 150 Facts about Colors: 150 Facts About Colours - Hardcover

Joanna Zoelzer

 
9783961713653: Why bees do not see red and we sometimes feel blue: 150 Facts about Colors: 150 Facts About Colours
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3961713650 ISBN 13: 9783961713653
Publisher: teNeues Verlag, 2021

Synopsis

  • Fascinating, funny and informative: a vibrant cultural history of colour
  • 150 colour facts from art and nature, colour psychology and science
  • A beautiful coffee table book distinguished by its original photography and modern graphic design
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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About the Author

Joanna Zoelzer was born in Katowice/Poland and studied graphic design at the Faber-Castell Academy in Stein near Nuremberg. She discovered her fascination for colour early on and has been working intensively on the subject ever since. She works as a freelance graphic designer, typographer and artist and lives in Ismaning near Munich.

From the Back Cover

Fascinating, funny and informative: a vibrant cultural history of colour
150 colour facts from art and nature, colour psychology and science
A beautiful coffee table book distinguished by its original photography and modern graphic design

Has pink always been feminine and blue a man's colour? Why does orange whet our appetite? Why do we feel blue? Shades of colour accompany our lives and shape our language: We become green with envy, or remove our rose-tinted spectacles. But how did colours acquire these associations?

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.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
teNeues Verlag
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3961713650
ISBN 13 
9783961713653
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
224