By celebrating the window in all its forms and hues, this book culminates over three decades of intrepid research by the authors in the study of architectural color--a discipline widely ignored in educational design establishments. Windows of the World reaffirms that the vocabulary of color is alive and well in the traditional built environment, its incidence revealed by the basic urge to decorate, to signify pride of place, ownership, and individuality, and to reflect the hues and local belief systems that are natural to a region.