Color

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. Best Download Color author Victoria Finlay For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr The disclaimers I imagine , perhaps , possibly , it could be that appear in this NON FICTION book fartimes than they should While I liked the content of about three quarters of the book, it infuriated me at times when the author would suddenly start presenting the material through the eyes of a character, imagining their experiences, travels, and accomplishments This first rears its head around page 81, when the tone of her book changes to speculate about an imaginary Corinthian a The disclaimers I imagine , perhaps , possibl...Funny story with this book got to page 112 and discovered that pages 113 to 146 were missing Thankfully, Random House publisher came to the rescue and sent me a replacement copy Until it came I was in suspense about how ladies used to poison themselves by accident with white cosmetics that were made from lead.This book was interesting not only for the information about colors, but also for the author s tra...I remember when I was a child getting a box of paints in small tubes I was fascinated by the names of the colours, words I had never heard of before vermillion, magenta, aquamarine, cochineal, carmine They might have been only shades of orange, purple, blue and red, but those exotic names gave those paints just a littlemagic Didn t do much for my art work, but never mind Victoria Finlay would appear to have had a similar early interest in colour when her father took her to Chartres C I remember when I was a child getting a box of paints in small tubes I was fascinated by the names of the colours, words I had never heard of before vermillion, magenta, aquamarine, cochineal, carmine They might have been only shades of orange, purple, blue and red, but those exotic names gave those paints just a littlemagic Didn t do much for my art work, but never mind Victoria Finlay would appear to have had a similar early interest in colour when her father took her to Chartres Cathedral She noticed the beauty of the stained glass window crafted ...Having an affinity for all things color, I was attracted to the cover of Color A Natural History of the Palette while visiting the Met one afternoon about a year ago I bought it and have been reading it for the past year I m sad to say that I found the cover to be the best part of this book The book wasn t bad, but it also was nowhere near great Finlay sets about the task of researching the origins of the pigments of the paintbox Ochre, Black Brown, White, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Having an affinity for all things color, I was attracted to the cover of Color A Natural History of the Palette while visiting the Met one afternoon about a year ago I bought it and have been reading it for the past year I m sad to say that I found the cover to be the best part of this book The book wasn t bad, but it also was nowhere near great Finlay sets about the task of researching the origins of the pigments of the paintbox Ochre, Black Brown, White, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo Violet For each color, she researches the historical beginnings of the colors, specifically trying to illuminate why each color is named the way it is eg, Tyrian Purple, Indian Yellow, etc She does this by trekking across the globe to the points of interest in hopes of discovering the historie...LOVE me a book where I can pick a chapter and read up on what s been taunting my mind thus I love anthologies and various other collections.in Color, I found a fantastic historical recounting of the who where why what of much of our commonly accepted color palette And that alone means something, because there is a surprisingly low ratio of general citizens who knows REALLY what color is about, how it s made, how we wrestled negotiated bullied our ways into being enjoyers purveyors of it Lo LOVE me a book where I can pick a chapter and read up on what s been taunting my mind thus I love anthologies and various other collections.in Color, I found a fantastic ...I d call this a travelogue on the origin of pigments and dyes of each rainbow color, and, I believe, the only book to really tackle the history of color This book had been on my radar a while, but I had decided not to read it, yet a class on color finally compelled me to read it Through it I ve come to appreciate just how complex getting pigment mix with a medium of the right consistency and translucency to stick to a surface and dry without fading or changing color over time or to dissolve in I d call this a travelogue on the origin of pigments and dyes of each rainbow color, and, I believe, the only book to really tackle the history of color This book had been on my radar ...In an impressive mix of history, science and travelogue Ms Finlay shares with her readers the results of her worldwide search for the pigments and dyes and that humankind has used over the ages Each color including black and white is represented in a separate section, where she weaves stories of fictional and real life people into her research with entertaining results From Australian sacred oc...Oh, this book had so much promise And yet, it fell flat I was expecting to readof a history book, but it turned out to be a travelogue memoir, and a tad too self involved for my tastes Moreover, the author does a lot of imagining for a work of non fiction Damn.This was an enjoyable book to read, but ultimatelyof a travel book than a book about color The adventures of the author tend to be given ratherweight than the subject.Be seduced by the history of pigments Basically about the author s travels while seeking out the origins of ancient colours I loved this and gladdened by the extensive notes and bibliography.

• English
• 14 January 2018
Victoria Finlay
• Paperback
• 464 pages
• 0812971426
• Victoria Finlay
• Color