Color: A Natural History of the Palette

Color: A Natural History of the Palette
by Victoria Finlay

Color: A Natural History of the Palette
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Author: Victoria Finlay
Edition: Paperback
Published: 2003-12-30
ISBN: 0812971426
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks

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Book Review: Awesome and useful
Summary: 5 Stars

I use some of the fun facts from this book in the oil painting class I teach. A very entertaining and educational travelogue. I really enjoyed how the author tied different narrative threads together.

Summary of Color: A Natural History of the Palette

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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