In addition to presenting what amounts to the story of each color, including what specific colors mean to various people in different societies, the author also presents a book that is part travelogue as she recounts her various journeys, such as her search for the ochre Australian Aborigines once mined, and her visit to Chilean plantations to learn of the red chochineal beetles. SIDELIGHTS: A longtime journalist, Victoria Finlay left her position at the South China Morning Post to write Color: A Natural History of the Palette, published in England as Colour: Travels through a Paintbox. Jewels: A Secret History, Ballantine Books ( New York, NY), 2006, published in England as Buried Treasure: Travels through the Jewel Box, Sceptre (London, England), 2006.Ĭontributor to periodicals, including the London Times. WRITINGSĬolour: Travels through a Paintbox, Sceptre (London, England), 2002, published as Color: A Natural History of the Palette, Ballantine Books ( New York, NY), 2003.

Previously worked as a journalist in Hong Kong, China, including five years as editor of the South China Morning Post and as a weekly radio commentator, then for Reuters in London, England, and Scandinavia. Has worked for the Alliance of Religion and Conversation (ARC), Bath, England.

Andrews, Scotland, and the College of William and Mary, VA.ĬAREER: Journalist and writer. PERSONAL: Education: Attended the University of St.

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