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Now available in paperback, The Big Book of Colour in Design focuses on colour as a tool to create moods and symbolic images. The book is categorized into 30 different sections, such as "classy," "hot," "regal," or "corporate." Each section features current graphic design projects that fit into these moods. For the designer looking for fresh ideas on how to use colour, this volume is a treasure chest. Under the "hot" section, the obvious uses of red and orange are shown. But a neon coloured car can also be considered as "hot." For each of the featured projects, a "colour chip" appears, with the CMYK formula for creating a similar tone. In all, hundreds of examples of colour in brochures, ads, logos and other categories of graphic design appear in this breakthrough book.

Sometimes, when looking at an aged portrait one senses that the essence or spirit of the sitter is imbued in the canvas, captured for posterity, patiently waiting for those with an eye to see. This was certainly the case when I acquired the mysterious portrait of Lionel Ellis, painted by his friend and fellow artist Arnold Henry Mason in 1927. Keen to learn more about the person behind the enigmatic smile, I embarked on a journey of discovery which revealed a remarkable episode in local art history, an untold story of a prodigious talent.