TY - BOOK AU - Stewart,Jude TI - Roy G. Biv: an exceedingly surprising book about colour SN - 9781408835517 (hbk.) : PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Bloomsbury KW - Color KW - Psychological aspects KW - Social aspects KW - Miscellanea KW - Psychology KW - eflch KW - ukslc N2 - Why is the sky blue? Why is pink for girls and blue for boys? Why do prisoners wear orange? And why can one colour have so many opposite meanings? If lobsters are a red emblem of privilege how is it that a red flag can also be the banner of Communism? Jude Stewart, a design expert and writer, digs into this rich subject with gusto, telling her favourite stories about colour as she discovers what it can really mean ER -