John Gage was an acknowledged international authority on the history of art and colour, and wrote many books on the subject, including Colour and Meaning, Colour in Art and the award-winning Colour and Culture, all published by Thames & Hudson. He was Head of the Department of History of Art at Cambridge University from 1992 to 1995.
'Wonderfully lucid' - Richard Wollheim, The Times Literary Supplement 'The standard for years to come' - Sir Ernst Gombrich, The Burlington Magazine