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    Color: A Natural History of the Palette

    Color: A Natural History of the Palette


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    • Format: Trade Paperback
    • 464 pages
    • Publisher: Random House Trade
    • Published: December 2003
    • ISBN-10: 0812971426
    • ISBN-13: 9780812971422

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    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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