Customer Reviews
Great Book but Beware - By: The Captain, 28 Jul 2008 
A truly excellent book all round with wonderful anecdotes. A must for anyone interestedin colour, dyeing or painting. The book would be improved with more pictures but still it is a clearly a labour of love for the author. Check out the extensive bibliography - this is extensively researched (one of the great measures of non-fiction) & the notes are really worth reading too. One warning; I bought (through Amazon) the 2004 paperback published by Random House. 31 pages of chapter 10 were completely missing & the Initial (first letter on page one) of chapters 1 & 2 were missing... I suspect the print run was flawed & should have been spotted by Random House's proof readers. Imagine - the first letter of the first word of the first chapter is missing.... Amazon was great & offered a refund... no criticism of Amazon is intended but be aware...
A Must for any Artist or Art Lover - By: S. court, 23 Jan 2007 
I am a working Artist, I use paint everyday & Spent 5 yearsin Art College & I never knew most of the information about pigments & paint that arein this book. It has changed the way I think of & use colour.I certainly have a new found awe of the old masters & their ability to produce such amazing images & for the colours to have survived!!I cannot highly recommend this book ,in fact I emailed my old painting Lecturer & advised her to put this book on the cirriculum!
One book with two names - By: Michele Clare, 31 Jan 2006 This is an exellent book, but do not be tempted to buy Travels through the Paintbox" by the same author. The two books are completely identical, except for the title! I bought both as a pair & found the contents were the same.
