Poliquin\u2019s epic journey opens, naturally, with an orange. Fast facts and anecdotes follow; though presented seemingly randomly, they coalesce into a rich exploration of the color through the lenses of culture, history, and nature. The rooster from The Canterbury Tales, \u201cdreaming of a fox whose \u2018colour was betwixe yellow and reed,\u2019\u201d precedes a spread about how oranges originated in India and southern China, accompanied by an illustration of the fruits traveling to Europe. Next, the author tracks the evolution of the word orange from the Tamil word naru, which means \u201cfragrant.\u201d The tidbits in this quirky \u201cfield trip\u201d bounce around, referencing Mark Rothko\u2019s painting Orange and Yellow, the \u201cInternational Orange\u201d of American astronauts\u2019 space suits, the orange T-shirts Canadian youngsters wear annually to remember Indigenous children sent to government schools, Buddhist monks\u2019 robes, monarch butterflies, and marigolds in an Indian market. The coda to this tale culminates in a page of color theory, with Morstad providing a painterly palette of variations on the hue. Her artwork, relying on watercolor, chalk pastel, and digital rendering, has a vintage, painterly feel that visually binds this series of postcardlike vignettes. Poliquin\u2019s charmingly conversational prose is rife with asides that betray the author\u2019s genuine enthusiasm for her subject (\u201cThis mineral is called crocoite. Isn\u2019t it magnificently orange?\u201d); readers will eagerly heed her advice to \u201cfind orange in your world.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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