The Color Revolution

by Regina Lee Blaszczyk

Book Overview

A history of color and commerce from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design.

When the fashion industry declares that lime green is the new black, or instructs us to "think pink ," it is not the result of a backroom deal forged by a secretive cabal of fashion journalists, designers, manufacturers, and the editor of Vogue. It is the latest development of a color revolution that has been unfolding for more than a century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262017776
• ISBN13: 9780262017770
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.4" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher