Color : a natural history of the palette / Victoria Finlay.
2004
ND1488 .F56 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Color : a natural history of the palette / Victoria Finlay.
Author
Finlay, Victoria.
Uniform Title
Colour
Edition
Random House Trade Paperback edition.
ISBN
9780812971422 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
0812971426 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
0812971426 (paperback) (alkaline paper)
Publication Details
New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xii, 448 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 21 cm
Call Number
ND1488 .F56 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
535.6/09
Summary
Examining the physical materials that color the world, a freelance journalist explores the social, political, and cultural implications of color throughout history.
Note
"The work was originally published in slightly different form as Colour by Hodder and Stoughton, a division of Hodder Headline, London, in 2002, and in hardcover by Ballantine Books ... New York, in 2003"--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-405) and index.
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Table of Contents
The beginning of the rainbow
The paintbox : Ochre ; Black and brown ; White ; Red ; Orange ; Yellow ; Green ; Blue ; Indigo ; Violet
The end of the rainbow.
The paintbox : Ochre ; Black and brown ; White ; Red ; Orange ; Yellow ; Green ; Blue ; Indigo ; Violet
The end of the rainbow.