This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human history. Colour is fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used to convey information and knowledge, to evoke mood, and to inspire emotion. This book explores the history of our understanding of colour, from the ancient world to the present, from Aristotle to Albers. Interspersed in the historical story are numerous thematic essays that look at how colour has been used across a wide range of disciplines and fields: in food, music, language and many others.   The illustrations are drawn from the Royal College of Art’s renowned Colour Reference Library which spans six centuries of works and nearly 2,000 titles, from a Gothic manuscript on the composition of the rainbow to hand-painted Enlightenment works on colour theory and vibrant 20th-century colour charts, including many fascinating examples not  seen in other books. Delving far and wide in this fascinating and varied subject, this book will help readers find new layers of meaning and complexity in their everyday experiences and teach them to look closer at our colourful lives.

Time Travelling Toby is a series of fun and colourful picture books that follow the adventures of Toby and his magical time machine as they travel back in time to visit key historical events. In the first book in the series, The Battle of Britain, Toby and his brothers introduce you to his family and his secret Time Machine. They journey back to 1940 and help the RAF defeat the Luftwaffe in an exciting adventure whilst learning about the Battle of Britain, 'Stuka' bombers, Spitfires and Fighter command.

Time Travelling Toby is a series of fun and colourful picture books that follow the adventures of Toby and his magical time machine as they travel back in time to visit key historical events. In Toby's second adventure, The Battle of Trafalgar, Toby and his brothers journey back in time to 1805 and help Admiral Nelson defeat the combined fleet of the French and Spanish in an exciting adventure whilst learning about the Battle Of Trafalgar, HMS Victory, Popham flag signals and Admiral Villeneuve.