Color: Natural History Of The Palette

Victoria Finlay

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.

• ISBN-13: 9780812971422
• Autor: Victoria Finlay
• Wydawca: Random House
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Rok wydania: 2003
• Liczba stron: 464
• Wymiary: 140×208×25 mm
• Waga: 367 g