Color: A Natural History of the Palette
of Victoria Finlay
Description
Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors.For example: Cleopatra used saffronâa source of the color yellowâfor seduction. Extracted from an Afghan mine, the blue âultramarineâ paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive he couldnât afford to buy it himself. Since ancient times, carmine redâstill found in lipsticks and Cherry Coke todayâhas come from the blood of insects.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 464 pages
- Publisher Random House Trade Paperbacks
- Publication Date December 30th 2003
- First Publication 10/29/03
- Language English
- ISBN 9780812971422
- Edition Not informed
- Category Non-Fiction
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