Words are drawn from many different worlds including art, artists, crafts and design, painting, printing and sculpture, the decorative arts, gems, fashion, textiles, physics, maths, astronomy, chemistry, cosmetics, dyes, colourants, paints, biology, geography, geology, minerals, history, art history, social history, religion, philosophy, heraldry, mythology and symbolism, language, linguistics, grammar, slang, literature (including the Bible and Shakespeare), music, theatre, photography, television and film, psychology and human behaviour, education, politics, commerce, economics, finance, law, travel, war, vision and colour-blindness, medicine, drugs, colour therapy, food and drink, colour theory and many others.
- ISBN10 1854183753
- ISBN13 9781854183750
- Publish Date 10 August 2004 (first published 8 September 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 19 November 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Thorogood
- Format Paperback
- Pages 528
- Language English