The first book dedicated to exploring Chanel's key colours through Gabrielle Chanel's life and creations, bringing together iconic fashion and beauty photography curated by expert Jérôme Gautier.

Gabrielle Chanel: the eternally modern designer; a singular woman of extraordinary style; the inventor of the Little Black Dress. Chanel Colours tells the story of Mademoiselle's life, work and creative influences through five iconic hues: black, beige, white, gold and red. She lived and loved by these colours, and with them established the cornerstones of the Chanel look - a signature that continues to this day, imagined and re-imagined by her successors.

Jérôme Gautier explores the allure and significance of these five key colours to the house of Chanel over more than a century, illustrated with stunning fashion and beauty editorials by esteemed photographers such as Edward Steichen, Irving Penn, Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Roversi, Corinne Day, Tim Walker, Zoë Ghertner and Tyler Mitchell.