Print and homeware range designed by Dorothy for Tate Galleries and available to buy exclusively from Tate London gallery store and Tate Online. West London Line: Willesden Junction, Shepherd’s Bush, Kensington (Olympia), West Brompton, Imperial Wharf, Clapham Junction. The text is related to the images, which cover a selection of London’s history including culture, politics, architecture, sport, commerce and in general London as a city, over a period of some 150 years. Each chapter uses the title and a few images as a starting point for the Author’s observations, interpretations and story-telling, on a related or somewhat colour-inspired topic. In addition to the Author’s writing, he also provides contemporaneous thoughts and descriptions. These are often from newspapers, books, artists, politicians, royalty and other public figures. For example, we get to read extracts from Queen Victoria’s diary. Given her long reign, QV and her legacy crops up in several chapters. While the topics and events are generally well known, the Author somehow manages to add even more richness and depth from his interpretations, observations and opinions. And of course the images greatly assist in conveying his thoughts. His insights, knowledge and views of London’s place in the world are another aspect that makes this book such a fascinating read.

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The cookie is set by CasaleMedia. The cookie is used to collect information about the usage behavior for targeted advertising. A truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history, photography or urban geography, this beautifully illustrated title tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and ever-changing city. A truly invaluable book for lovers of art, history, photography, or urban geography, this beautifully illustrated title tells a rich and fascinating story of the history of this great and ever-changing city. An entire chapter is dedicated to “The Night” which chronicles the illumination of after dark London from the early 1890s when electric signs were introduced to Piccadilly Circus as London moved from gas to electric lighting, bathing the streets and buildings in a colour and light all of its own.

What part of England...north, south, west, Kent? What time in English history...Thatcher's 1980s, Victoria's imperial experiment, William the Bastard's conquering hordes of French-speaking Vikings? England England or Britain...Britain as a whole, the constituent parts? When you think of the colours of cities, perhaps it might be the caramel spires of Oxford or the orange and reds of Venice that spring to mind. London is not an immediately obvious candidate. Watford DC Line: Euston, South Hampstead, Kilburn High Road, Queen’s Park, Kensal Green, Willesden Junction, Harlesden, Stonebridge Park, Wembley Central, North Wembley, South Kenton, Kenton, Harrow & Wealdstone, Headstone Lane, Hatch End, Carpenders Park, Bushey, Watford High Street, Watford Junction. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.I am grateful to NetGalley for providing an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I came to think of these chapters, each devoted to a different hue, as a kind of stroll through history paying attention to specific qualities. The next chapter was another stroll but with different qualities under examination. This is quite an enjoyable read as well as an attractive book to simply look through. Combined, it makes for a wonderful experience. This cookie is used to recognize the visitor upon re-entry. This cookie allows to collect information on user behaviour and allows sharing function provided by Addthis.com

This domain of this cookie is owned by agkn. The cookie is used for targeting and advertising purposes. Thoughtful, engaging, informative, well-organized and -presented--this read would be at home on any traveler (armchair or in-person), photographer, or historian's bookcase. PubMatic sets this cookie to ensure that a PubMatic user ID is already set and that PubMatic’s code is running properly. As interesting and erudite as this might get, it really seemed a most unusual concept on which to hang a whole book. A love letter to England’s capital, it seemed to suggest a uniqueness about London’s colours that never applies anywhere else – that London is alone in having a light that changes whether you’re looking north or south, or whether the sun is in the east or west. London then is unique in having a neon smudge above it at night – try flying over India, where any metropolis has a smudge of glowing gunk reaching from the ground to space. It brilliantly combines all my favorite things into one resource, including art, history, paraphernalia (Antique postcards! Historic Olympics posters/ads!), literature, and more. This is exactly why I loved my European Studies degree program in college--it didn't lean too heavily on any one thing, instead dabbling just enough across a variety of topics to hold my interest.

We associate green with royal parks and the District Line; gold with royal carriages, the Golden Lane Estate, and the tops of monuments and cathedrals. Colours of London shows us that colour is everywhere in the city, and each one holds myriad links to its past. This cookie is set by Addthis.com. This cookie is used for sharing of links on social media platforms. Also of great interest are the paintings of London by well-known artists, such as Monet, Turner and Whistler. Their work and thoughts recurs throughout the book. Of course, not everything about London is sunshine and daises, fun and games. We do see the challenges and hardships represented here, just as much as the city's glories--as we should. (And oh, reading about Queen Elizabeth's coronation just weeks after her passing... #feels) Even the weather comes up; inevitable, just like one cannot talk about the Pacific Northwest without talking about rain--or mist (ask me how I know :D). And yet, I felt at home in that section--not just because it was covered under my favorite color, blue, but because the PNW and England share many a common weather; the two are not so different there.

The graphics greatly complement the text, in particular ‘colourised’ photographs, which form a major part of the book. The Author also includes a note on the technique of colourised photography; a detailed and time consuming process which provides an interpretation of what a colour image may have resembled. The results are convincing and sit nicely besides the Author’s descriptions and storytelling. The book is divided into chapters, many with titles related to colour. Green, Blue, Red, Gold and so on. Other titles are more indirectly related, for example Light, Fire, Night. This cookie, set by PubMatic, is used to build a profile of user interests and to show relevant ads.

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The cookie is set by rlcdn.com. The cookie is used to serve relevant ads to the visitor as well as limit the time the visitor sees an and also measure the effectiveness of the campaign. Most of us who travel on the tube, know the colours of the lines. Here is a list of the TfL official colour names, Their Pantone reference number, their common name, the date when they were introduced and the hex values. Underground Line As well as lengthy discussions on one or two major topics in each chapter (for example, the Great Exhibition, the Olympics, both World Wars, the Swinging Sixties), the Author takes us on many smaller detours to discuss other important and interesting events albeit smaller in an historical sense. Some have a tenuous relationship to the chapter colour or description, nevertheless, the events, stories and images in each chapter seem to sit naturally alongside each other.