Join Carole Annett in conversation with author and colour expert Patrick Baty about his book ‘The Anatomy of Colour’
The definitive book on the use of colour and paint in interior decoration over a three-hundred-year period, The Anatomy of Colour is certain to delight all those with an interest in interior decoration and design.
Drawing on his huge specialist archive, Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colours together with colour systems and standards and examines their impact on the colour palettes used in interiors from the 1660s to the 1960s. Throughout the book reproductions of interiors highlighting the distinctive colour trends and styles of painting particular to each period and room accompany the in-depth analysis of the history of colour and the development and use of paint colours in interior design.
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