A Dictionary of Colour: A Lexicon of the Language of Colour
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Book Title: A Dictionary of Colour: A Lexicon of the Language of Colour
Author: Ian Paterson
Publisher: Thorogood Publishing (April 25, 2005)
Paperback: 528 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1854183753
ISBN-13: 978-1854183750
Book Description
This comprehensive resource explores every aspect of color and its many applications across the disciplines and through the ages. With more than 4,100 entries, A Dictionary of Colour explores the language of color from historical, design, language, symbolic, literary, and commercial perspectives. Appendixes include adjectives of color, more than 1,000 colors arranged according to color groupings, and color phrases such as blue funk and scream blue murder. This unusual reference will appeal to writers, designers, artists and illustrators, art critics, decorators, and language enthusiasts.
Book Review
With more than 4,000 enteries, A Dictionary of Colour: A Lexicon of the Language of Colour is the first of its kind: a treasury of color words and phrases, a comprehensive resource for exploring every aspect of color.
About the Author
Ian Patterson is a successful commercial lawyer and author; he has pursued a lifelong interest in dictionaries and colour in its various word forms and applications.
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