Keith Recker – författare

Pantone, the worldwide color authority, invites you on a rich visual tour of 100 transformative years."In this visual feast for color nerds, hue gurus Leatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker identify the shades thatshaped our collective color palette."—Fast CompanyFrom the Pale Gold (15-0927 TPX) and Almost Mauve (12-2103 TPX) of the 1900 Universal Exposition inParis to the Rust (18-1248 TPX) and Midnight Navy (19-4110 TPX) of the countdown to the Millennium,the 20th century brimmed with color.In this incredible and unique exploration of color, longtime Pantone collaborators and color gurusLeatrice Eiseman and Keith Recker identify more than 200 touchstone works of art, products, décor, andfashion, and carefully match them with 80 different official PANTONE color palettes to reveal the trends,radical shifts, and resurgences of various hues.A color theory book like no other, this vibrant volume takes the social temperature of our recent historywith the panache that is uniquely Pantone.STUNNING ART BOOK AND RESOURCE GUIDE: A treasure trove of inspiration and reference for artists,designers, stylists, and lovers of fashion design, modern architecture, contemporary art, furniture, andhome décor.HANDS-ON GUIDANCE FOR CREATIVES: As one reviewer notes, "this is a coffee table–sized decade-by-decade guide to the colors of the 20th century, with Pantone color palette listings to enable you toreproduce them exactly right."COLOR MATTERS: Color as a form of communication is incredibly powerful. Its ability to influencethought, mood, and action is gaining newfound attention in the field of modern psychology and in ourcollective reach for bettering ourselves emotionally and spiritually.Perfect for: Artists, graphic designers, fashion and décor designers, set decorators, and any professional whoincorporates color into their work Library and museum curation Homeowners looking for period design inspiration Fans of cultural history, color exploration, and interior design Readers of Architectural Digest, Dwell, Wallpaper, and The World of Interiors

True Colors, written by Keith Recker, presents the work and vision of 26 natural dye artists from around the world, opening a window into their culture, their lives, and the power of colour. The artist’s stories are organized by colour and begin with white, traveling through the spectrum to blues, purples, reds, pinks, golds, arriving at varying hues of green. The colours are as extraordinary as the artists themselves: Handmade paper dyed with indigo in Ghana. Rare greens from a fungus-infested plant that grows in the Peruvian jungle. Blues that adorned ancient Briton warriors rediscovered in a Norwich studio. Purples from shellfish collected along the western coast of Mexico. Vivid coral dyes obtained from mushrooms foraged in northern California. New to this paperback edition is a chapter about Heartwear, a collaborative of artists and fashion designers who have created and supported indigo-dyeing projects from Benin to Morocco to India and beyond.Natural pigments aren’t limited to cloth dyeing. They find their way into ceramic tile, glassware, pottery, artists’ paints and pastels, all explored in Recker’s lyrical narrative. Keith Recker is the perfect person to collect and share these timeless stories. His years of global travel, working with artisan groups and individuals as well as connecting them to influential designers in the fashion and interiors industries, put this book right on trend. Gorgeous, carefully curated photography connects the colours to ancient traditions and to the artists. True Colors provides an immersive visual experience and an inspiring travelogue of personal stories and practical information.