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product_id: 63386691
title: "On Color Hardcover – May 22, 2018"
brand: "david kastanstephen farthing"
price: "₨17849"
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reviews_count: 8
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# On Color Hardcover – May 22, 2018

**Brand:** david kastanstephen farthing
**Price:** ₨17849
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- **What is this?** On Color Hardcover – May 22, 2018 by david kastanstephen farthing
- **How much does it cost?** ₨17849 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Smart, witty and Illuminating
*by T***C on October 25, 2018*

The last thing I expected was to laugh out loud several times while reading David Kastan's latest book, “On Color.” It was pure pleasure: smart, witty and illuminating. When I’m getting dressed in the morning I keep hearing Coco Chanel...,‘When I find a color darker than black, I’ll wear it.” At first, after reading the chapter on orange, I was sure it was my new favorite color, but then I got to blue and he made me rush to watch/ listen to Jarman’s ‘Blue." I finally settled on black being closest to my heart after the quote, “It is the dress of pure possibility. It allows everyone to imagine that social gaps can be narrowed and perhaps, if only for a moment, closed.”It is as if Mr. Kastan culled the literary, film and art world for us. I imagine it as a museum that he curated and where I would want to spend hours and hours! I loved every quote, painting, photograph, and anecdote. It felt like the book was cleverly arranged in the same way he described experiencing color, layer upon layer and tapping all our senses.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Provocative and playful
*by J***E on May 27, 2018*

Kastan and Farthing’s On Color manages to be both provocative and playful, able to move from Bertrand Russell to “The Dress” of internet fame with intellectual dexterity and wit. And the book is not only a great read: the edition from Yale is beautifully designed, presenting its own feast of color from the dust jacket to the pastedowns and photos within.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting, but I'd recommend a different book instead
*by T***T on January 10, 2019*

I thought this would be a good book, and it is. But it's a little more broad than Kassia St Clair's 2016 the Secret Life of Colors. I really preferred St Clair's book. If you're purchasing for a designer or artist friend, get St Clair's book. This book would be best for someone with a literary bent.

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