Colorama. Il mio campionario cromatico

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First of all, this is a rather unique book. While classified as a children's book, I believe only older children would find it appealing. I believe that older children, teens, and adults who have interest in the story behind color designations and graphic arts would find this book to be worth invest Leggi tutto

One of the first things you teach a young child is color. You point out the grass and the sky and the ball explaining the color and asking your child to then define items by color. This thick book takes the various shades of 133 colors and gives them a name and an identifier. By offering description Leggi tutto

Come spesso accade le idee più semplici sono le più geniali, Colorama non fa eccezione. Questo libro, difatti, non è altro che un campionario di 133 colori illustrati attraverso un pantone e una breve descrizione che ne delinea la storia, tuttavia è capace, attraverso una grafica affascinante, di ut Leggi tutto

Una piccola chicca. Un campionario cromatico con l'anima del poeta. 133 pantoni presentati con nomi evocativi e fortemente descrittivi (cedro azzurro, chiaro di luna, gatto certosino,...). A ciò viene sempre affiancata una pagina dove il colore è riportato cromaticamente, a tutto campo, in purezza e u Leggi tutto

The only thing I really don't like about this book is the size. This would work better as a huge coffee table book.

You know how a color can evoke a memory, or a feeling? Maybe the color red evokes the memory of reading Little Red Riding Hood as a child; maybe yellow brings back the time you had a favorite pair of rain boots. Colorama: From Fuschia to Midnight Blue works on that idea; memory through shades of col Leggi tutto

I love this book so much. I never really understood why there are so many different shades of the same color or the story behind them. In this detailed, bright and oh so colorful book you will get to dive into 133 different colors and discover that there is so much more behind the colors we adore. M Leggi tutto