Color: A Natural History of the Palette

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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.

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EAN/ISBN:: 9780812971422
Edition:: Rh Trade PB.
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 464
Publication date:: 2003-12-30
Publisher:: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Languages:: english

EAN/ISBN:: 9780812971422
Edition:: Rh Trade PB.
Medium:: Paperback
Number of pages:: 464
Publication date:: 2003-12-30
Publisher:: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Languages:: english

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