ENGLISH

Color: A Natural History of the Palette

By Victoria Finlay

Book information

Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Year
2003
ISBN
0812971426, 9780812971422
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (1978535 bytes)
Pages
448\0
Time added
2012-10-18 02:57:56

Description

Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors.For example: Cleopatra used saffron—a source of the color yellow—for seduction. Extracted from an Afghan mine, the blue “ultramarine” paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive he couldn’t afford to buy it himself. Since ancient times, carmine red—still found in lipsticks and Cherry Coke today—has come from the blood of insects

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