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464 pages • first pub 2003 (view editions)
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Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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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 ...
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464 pages • first pub 2003 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
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 ...