![]() ![]() Insofar as there is a thesis, it is that visual expression falls just behind procreation and the search for food and shelter as a fundamental human activity countless peoples, Finlay reports, rank color and art among their primary concerns. ![]() The book has no overarching theme-it's all byways, an approach that works. Journalist Finlay's first book is a blend of travelogue and historical exploration about the myriad ways color takes on meaning for us, whether as a matter of aesthetics, economics, war or culture. Or is it? It turns out that the pigments and dyes responsible for hues have many remarkable characteristics, most of which we rarely ponder. Defining color is a simple matter-visible light of a particular wavelength. ![]()
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