Colour
Travels Through the Paintbox
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Colour
Narrated by:
Victoria Finlay
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Narrated by:
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Victoria Finlay
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Victoria Finlay
'A treasure trove of human history and obsession...the breadth of research and insight is dazzling.' Glasgow Herald
'A highly companionable guide, adventurous and romantic' Independent on Sunday
On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an extraordinary and compelling account of the history of colour.
On a journey that takes her from Afghanistan, to the Australian outback, to ancient caves in China, and the saffron harvest in Spain, Victoria Finlay gives an extraordinary and compelling account of the history of colour.
Colour unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This remarkable and beautifully written book, part travelogue part narrative history, remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, and yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, and how an entire nation was founded on the colour purple.
Exciting, richly informative, and always surprising, Colour lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths an astonishing wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.
(P)2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2002 Victoria Finlay
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