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Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors.<br>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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in Color, I found a fantastic historical recounting of the who/where/why/what of much of our commonly accepted color palette. And that alone means...more...]]>
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Color: A Natural History of the Palette while visiting the Met one afternoon about a year ago. I bought it and have been reading it for the past year.
I'm sad to say that I found the cover to be the best part of t...more...]]>
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for dyes and paints? Yet another book
I received too late and raced through,
trying to catch up. I hereby resolve to
not race through another boo...more...]]>
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