A Closer Look: Colour

A Closer Look: Colour provides a fascinating insight into colour. Exploring how painters apply colour, this wonderful book features reproductions of some of the National Gallery's most famous artworks, highlighting intricate details and explaining how colour has effected the outcome of the masterpiece.

Looking at different types of pigments and mediums such as oil, water and egg tempera, this insightful guide also looks at the impact of new pigments and breaks down major optical theories and the way in which an artist has achieved the intended colour.