86 Color Culture and Science Journal Vol. 15 (1) 

BOOK REVIEW: I colori sono di tutti? 22 

domande curiose sul colore 
Marcello Picollo 

 
Lia Luzzatto e Renata Pompas: I colori sono di tutti? 

22 domande curiose sul colore, Edizioni Mediterranee, 

2022.  [Italian Language] 

Since the early years of the last century, color, and the 

world surrounding it, has attracted increasing interest of 

professionals from various fields. Scholars have explored 

its function and meaning, academics and color 

associations have organized conferences and workshops 

that have deepened and popularized this complex and 

fascinating world. The continued interest in exploring 

color and understanding its significance is clearly 

demonstrated by the number of new publications that 

have appeared nationally and internationally in recent 

years. These include the work "I colori sono di tutti? 22 

domande curiose sul colore" by Lia Luzzatto and Renata 

Pompas (Edizioni Mediterranee, 2022, pp. 259), which is 

aimed at an audience of non-specialists with an innate 

desire to satisfy their curiosity and delve into a path of 

thinking outside the box. The book is, in fact, designed 

and structured in a simple and straightforward way, 

providing answers to basic questions, some not 

immediately obvious, concerning color and its meaning. 

The book, as the subtitle suggests, is divided into 22 

chapters. It opens with a very brief but intriguing 

'introduction' that unlocks the door to this colorful journey 

for the reader. Each of the subsequent chapters 

addresses a well-defined topic starting with a specific 

question related to color and its analysis. Among the 

many, and among the ones that most intrigued and 

fulfilled me personally, I would like to mention those 

related to such questions as 'Does everyone own color?', 

'Is color tasty?' and 'Does marketing love color?' In these 

chapters, the authors guide the reader, albeit in just a few 

pages, through a succession of information, news, 

curiosities and considerations of their own that make for 

lively and extremely enjoyable reading.  

The authors have an established and extensive 

experience in the world of color, both as writers of books 

and as journalists, having collaborated with prestigious 

magazines and weeklies, as well as teaching academic 

courses and seminars. In short, the newly published 

volume clearly reflects the authors’ mastery of a range of 

themes and their overall expertise in the field of color. 

The volume sheds light on what color is and how it may 

operate in society. 

 

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