BLOG - Summer Reading

One of my favorite things about Summer is lying about on the weekends and catching up on my reading.  Color: A Natural History of the Palette, by Victoria Finlay has made a prominent appearance in my rotation.  The book itself is as vivid and gorgeously written as its cover illustration.  While i am a collector and lover of books, I have recently run out of space in my cramped Manhattan apartment. After picking up an IPad, i pledged to myself that I would no longer purchase paperback books unless their packaging was something special. The cover of this book is just gorgeous!

What lies beneath the cover is equally as beautiful.  Color is at once informative and intriguing.  Did you know that green is not really green but rather the way a surface absorbs rays of light? Finaly's quest for the origins of color's uses throughout the ages brings the reader around the world and back in time.