Color Scheme

Edith Young's glorious color palettes turn an art historian's eye toward the colorful world around us--hairdos and costumes, paintings and backdrops. I love seeing what Edith sees, and this gorgeous book is a delight for all of us who like our lessons to be as whimsical and fun as they are studious and brilliant. -- Emma Straub, author of All Adults Here and owner of Books Are Magic, Brooklyn, New York Color Scheme acts as both coffee table book (due to its brilliant, clean, and perfectly minimal/maximal design) and historical retelling of color palettes' iconic moments in pop culture history-from Pete Davidson's Weekend Update shirts to Tonya Harding's figure skating costumes. It's witty, it's whimsical, and it will be very nice to thumb through when your brain needs an aesthetically pleasing break - SELF, [In] Edith Young's Color Scheme, the color palette becomes a vehicle to examine art history, popular culture, and the artist's own professional and artistic development....The primary allure...is Young's artwork and methodology, but the writing, at times both humorous and sophisticated, will get you to stay. -- The Brooklyn Rail Color Scheme--like Edith Young herself--is absolutely delightful. I have always found art history a bit intimidating: What if I have the wrong opinion? What if I'm interpreting this incorrectly? What if I don't 'get' it? Color Scheme waves all that nonsense away and welcomes you into the dinner party. (Speaking of which, I have the sneaking suspicion that having read this book will make me a far more interesting person to sit next to at dinner parties.) -- Amelia Diamond, coauthor of Body Talk My first job out of college was as a lowly assistant to the formidable fashion editor Diana Vreeland at Harper's Bazaar. I heard the daily pronouncements about color that Edith mentions in her fascinatingly researched book. How thrilling it is to look at and study color, wherever we find it, and to realize that this formerly abstract and overlooked aspect of our lives is actually a source of power and joy, all around us, everywhere. This book is a brilliant surprise, and I recommend it highly. -- Ali MacGraw, actress, Love Story This is art history looked at through an idiosyncratic, inquisitive, and highly personal lens. I've laughed my way through this book, and one thing is for sure: I'll never look at any painting (or ice skating costume, for that matter), in the same way again. -- Luke Edward Hall, artist, designer, and columnist A visually pleasing palette of colors and artworks. - Library Journal,