True hue


A new book says point, click and color your world.

We recently got an eyeful courtesy of Sally Fretwell, an architectural psychologist (how ’bout that job title?) who until recently lived in Charlottesville and has just published a book called The Power of Color. Filled with photos of tropical fish, Venetian canals and showy flowers, the book amounts to a promotion for Fretwell’s new line of eco-friendly paints. But it does propose an interesting technique for choosing paint colors: Find a shade you like in a digital photo, then isolate it with Photoshop. Fretwell’s book is available at www.sallyfretwell.com—or just surf the Web for inspiring hues.