THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOURS

The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the br own that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picassos blue period to the charcoal o n the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run lik e a bright thread throughout history.In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they com e from (w...[Llegir més]