First off, this book is beautiful.  Each chapter deals with the history of varying hues within a color family, and each page is bordered by that color.  This is helpful not only for context and avoids bogging the reader down with descriptions of exactly where magenta falls on a scale of fuchsia to pink, but also just LOOKS really cool.  From a purely aesthetic standpoint, the book looks great. The premise was enough to hook me easily as well; the histories of specific shades of […]