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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.
- Format: TradePaperback
- Author: Finlay, Victoria
- ISBN: 9780812971422
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 8.18 x 1.00
- Number Of Pages: 464
- Publication Year: 2003
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Every fascinating fact about the history of colors.
Susan Isabel D. - 6 years 5 months agoA wonderful book not just for artists but anyone who has ever been fascinated by color. Victoria Finlay has a captivating writing style and the book is full of amazing facts about the origin and history of every color. " This is a book full of stories and anecdotes, histories and adventures inspired by the human quest for color..." Each chapter covers the history of a different color. You won't be able to put it down. 434 pages. Written in 2002. Highly recommended.