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Color : a natural history of the palette / Victoria Finlay.
Publication details: New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004, c2002.Description: xii, 448 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0812971426 (pbk.):
- ND1488 .F55 2004
Contents:
Summary: 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. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc
The beginning of the rainbow -- The paintbox -- Ochre -- Black and whilte -- White -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- green -- Blue -- Indigo -- Violet -- The end of rainbow.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Non-fiction | Main Collection | ND 1488 .F55 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Copy Type:01 - Books | Available | 250419 |
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| ND 1488 .D475 1984 Designer's guide to color 2 / | ND 1488 .D475 1984 Designer's guide to color. | ND 1488 .E37 2000 Pantone's guide to communicating with color / | ND 1488 .F55 2004 Color : a natural history of the palette / | ND 1488 .G34 1999 Color and culture : practice and meaning from antiquity to abstraction / | ND 1488 .G34 1999 Color and culture : practice and meaning from antiquity to abstraction / | ND 1488 .G344 1999 Color and meaning : art, science, and symbolism / |
"The work was originally published in slightly different form as Color by Hodder and Stoughton, a division of Hodder Headline, London, in 2002, and in hardcover by Ballantine Books, ... New York, in 2003." -- T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 396-405) and index.
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. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc
The beginning of the rainbow -- The paintbox -- Ochre -- Black and whilte -- White -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- green -- Blue -- Indigo -- Violet -- The end of rainbow.
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