"Knowledge of Color" Author: [Japanese] Shiro Kazuo Publisher: Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
This book covers the colors in Western-centric art and design styles, the colors used by painters, and the rich colors contained in the scenery of countries around the world, and presents them in the form of cultural history. The book studies color from the perspective of cultural history. The content covers the colors in Western art works and design styles (from prehistoric times to the 21st century), the palettes of the most representative Western painting masters, colors named after people, buildings, and porcelain, etc., edits the colors and characteristics of 30 countries in the world, the history and changes of color materials, and the science of color and its cultural history chronology.