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On her travels she visited remote Central American villages where women still wear skirts dyed with the purple tears of sea snails learned how George Washington obsessed about his green dining room while he should have been busy with matters of state and investigated the mystery of Indian Yellow paint, said to have been made from the urine of Indian cows force-fed with mango leaves.įrom mascara to nomadic carpets and pillar boxes, the story of colour is the story of the efforts of artists and artisans to reproduce the rainbow - and the impact their work has had on the world. Colour : Travels Through the Paintbox - Victoria Finlay - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Colour: Travels Through the Paintbox Kindle Edition by Victoria Finlay (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 217 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle Edition 14.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial 'A rare and wonderful book. From the discovery of progressively-better dyes to create the desired rich red colors, to the political and social upheavals that accompanied (or were caused by) them, A Perfect Red is a sumptuous trip through history, wrapped in crimson silk, and tied with a big red bow. This book looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, and how an entire nation was founded on the colour purple.

'Both picaresque and picturesque, it's a rich read.' Evening StandardĬolour tells the remarkable story of Victoria Finlay's quest to uncover the many secrets hidden inside the paintbox. Part travelogue, part narrative history, this work unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. To avoid disappointment, please ring 02 9262-7996 to talk to a staff member and order in-store.

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Colour travels through the paintbox