Amanda's review
Color: A Natural History of the Palette
by Victoria Finlay
I agree with your assessment that the author tended to be overly dramatic in her approaches to writing about her color research.
Amanda's review
Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay
Amanda's review
rating:
i give the author credit for what she attempted to do- travel around the world researching the natural origins of the colors in the color spectrum. However, she was really overdramatic in every single description of what she saw or who she talked to, which drove me nuts. I did give it three stars though because it did fill me with lots of highly enjoyable useless information. i feel i'm totally ready to have a lengthy discussion about south american cochineal bugs and their relation to the color red at any time.
I agree with your assessment that the author tended to be overly dramatic in her approaches to writing about her color research.