The Secret Lives of Color
Categories: Arts & Photography, History
Kassia St. Clair tells the stories behind seventy-five colors, shades and dyes, from ochre and Prussian blue to mauve and Scheele's green. Each short entry combines history, art, science and fashion, explaining how a color was made, who used it and what it has meant to people. The book shows how colors have shaped culture, commerce and politics throughout history.
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- Shane Parrish: “A fascinating book on the history of colors. The stories of colors are part history, part science, and do a fair bit to illuminate the human condition. The drive to create and replicate colors is also a chronicle of commerce, religion, art and social values.”