Color: A Natural History of the Palette
Book Details
Author(s)
Victoria Finlay
Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN / ASIN
0812971426
ISBN-13
9780812971422
Availability
In Stock.
Sales Rank
#32,705
Category
Art
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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.
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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