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The secret lives of color / Kassia St. Clair.
"The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five 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. In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh's chrome yellow sunflowers or punk's fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the secret lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture. "A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every color has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking."--Simon Garfield, author ofJust My Type"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780143131144
- ISBN: 0143131141
- Physical Description: 320 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Penguin Books, 2017.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in UK under title: The secret lives of colour. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Color vision: how we see -- Simple arithmetic: on light -- Building the palette: artists and their pigments -- Vintage paint charts: mapping color -- Chromophilia, chromophobia: politics of color -- Colorful language: do words shape the shades we see? -- [White] : Lead white ; Ivory ; Silver ; Whitewash ; Isabelline ; Chalk ; Beige -- [Yellow] : Blonde ; Lead-tin yellow ; Indian yellow ; Acid yellow ; Naples yellow ; Chrome yellow ; Gamboge ; Orpiment ; Imperial yellow ; Gold -- [Orange] : Dutch orange ; Saffron ; Amber ; Ginger ; Minium ; Nude -- [Pink] : Baker-Miller pink ; Mountbatten pink ; Puce ; Fuchsia ; Shocking pink ; Fluorescent pink ; Amaranth -- [Red] : Scarlet ; Cochineal ; Vermilion ; Rosso corsa ; Hematite ; Madder ; Dragon's blood -- [Purple] : Tyrian purple ; Archil ; Magenta ; Mauve ; Heliotrope ; Violet -- [Blue] : Ultramarine ; Cobalt ; Indigo ; Prussian blue ; Egypt blue ; Woad ; Electric blue ; Cerulean -- [Green] : Verdigris ; Absinthe ; Emerald ; Kelly green ; Scheele's green ; Terre verte ; Avocado ; Celadon -- Brown : Khaki ; Buff ; Fallow ; Russet ; Sepia ; Umber ; Mummy ; Taupe -- [Black] : Kohl ; Payne's gray ; Obsidian ; Ink ; Charcoal ; Jet ; Melanin ; Pitch black -- Glossary of other interesting colors. |
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| Genre: | History. History. |
Available copies
- 8 of 8 copies available at Evergreen Indiana.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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| Eckhart PL - Main | 701.85 STC (Text) | 840191002465314 | Adult Nonfiction - Upper Level | Available | - |
| Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | 155.9114 ST. CLAI (Text) | 33946003560468 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Monticello-Union Twp PL - Monticello | NF PSYCH ST. CLAIR (Text) | 37743002287243 | NF PSYCHOLOGY | Available | - |
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