The secret lives of colour / Kassia St Clair.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publisher: London : John Murray Publishers, 2018Copyright date: �2016Description: 327 pages colour illustrations 20 cmContent type:
  • text, still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781473630833
  • 1473630835
Other title:
  • Secret lives of color
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 535.6 S64 2017 23
Other classification:
  • Uccb
Summary: The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history.
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First published: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history.

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