What’s your favorite color? Ever wondered how it got from nature into your paints?
Long ago, brilliant blues, glittering greens, and radical reds weren’t easy to make. Artists had to crush beetles, burn bones, and even drain sea snails to create colors.
Come on a journey through history, packed with amazing stories, dazzling illustrations, and iconic artworks from around the world to discover how we solved the mystery of color.
Written by a master paint-maker and color expert, this book will inspire curious minds to see color in a whole new way!
For ages 7+
Contributors
David Coles
Author
David Coles is the founder and head paint-maker of Langridge Artist Colours, one of the world’s most respected makers of artists’ oil paints. With over two decades’ experience, he is widely respected within the artist community and is regularly a guest lecturer at leading art colleges. Coles is the author of Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Color.
Margaux Samson-Abadie
Illustrated By
Margaux Samson-Abadie is an illustrator and pattern designer, who grew up in a small coastal town in the west of France, playing pretend with her sister and drawing anthropomorphic animals. With a background in fashion and surface pattern design, her illustrative work is intricate and colorful, and rooted in her fascination for nature and cherished childhood memories.
