In captivating paintings full of movement and transformation, Tamaki follows a young girl through a year or a day as she examines the colors in the world around her. Egg yolks are sunny orange as expected, yet water cupped in her hands isn't blue like they say. But maybe a blue whale is blue. She doesn't know, she hasn't seen one.

A young girl describes where she finds colors in both the world around her and beyond what she can see.

They say blue is the color of the sky. Which is true today! They say the sea is blue, too. It certainly looks like it from here. But when I hold the water in my hands, it's as clear as glass ... In this first picture book by acclaimed artist and illustrator Jillian Tamaki, a young girl ponders the colors of her world. The playful, meditative words and pictures are an invitation to wonder at what's right in front of our eyes and just beyond our view. -- From dust jacket.