This book investigates the social history of skin color from prehistory to the present, showing how our body's most visible trait influences our social interactions in profound and complex ways. The author begins with the biology and evolution of skin pigmentation, explaining how skin color changed as humans moved around the globe. She explores the relationship between melanin pigment and sunlight, and examines the consequences of rapid migrations, vacations, and other lifestyle choices that can create mismatches between our skin color and our environment. Richly illustrated, this book explains why skin color has come to be a biological trait with great social meaning-- a product of evolution perceived by culture. It considers how we form impressions of others, how we create and use stereotypes, how negative stereotypes about dark skin developed and have played out through history. Offering examples of how attitudes about skin color differ in the U.S., Brazil, India, and South Africa, the author suggests that a knowledge of the evolution and social importance of skin color can help eliminate color-based discrimination and racism.

A consummate guide to color, this indispensable, spiralbound volume displays 80 color schemes -- drawn from a variety of different mediums, from architecture and apparel to paintings and pottery, across a range of historical periods -- each individually presented, described, and illustrated in a handy, gatefold format, with representative four-color images and actual printed chips for matching against the project at hand. From the dominant reds of ancient Egyptian ochers to the psychedelic palettes of the sixties, Living Colors will inspire professionals and laypeople alike in choosing colors for a multitude of uses.

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Presents a meditation on the painter's sensibility, exploring her own artistic methods and how they relate to her life.

Living Colors speaks to the heart, from the heart. It is an honest and raw glimpse at the reality of our world, relationships, and internal emotions. Living Colors is a breath of fresh air to anyone who is on a constant, evolving course of self-discovery. It shines light on the beauty that God creates from pain. By exploring the spectrum of life's most passionate emotions, Living Colors takes readers on a spiritually poetic journey through love, despair, self-realization, and growth. Readers will smile, think deeply, and even laugh. Each unique soul can connect with an emotion revealed within the pages

Describes The Colors Of Different Types Of Animals.

These days colour is used in everything from design to diet. But what's your colour? Tom Maddron has put together a quick and easy guide that will tell you what your colour says about you and your relationships.