About the Author

Mark Clarke is a Tutor at the University of Amsterdam on the materials and techniques of the Flemish Primitives. He is the author of The Art of All Colour and Mediaeval Painters' Materials and Techniques: (the Montpellier Liber Diversarum Arcium). Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. He has contributed to publications ranging from New Scientist to the New York Times, The Guardian, the Financial Times and New Statesman. Dr Carinna Parraman is senior research fellow and deputy director at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE Bristol and has worked with a range of organisations including the Tate, National Gallery, Hewlett Packard and RolandDG.

Reviews

'A vivid insight into humanity's use of colour over the centuries' The Guardian