BRIGHT EARTH: THE INVENTION OF COLOUR by Philip Ball

BRIGHT EARTH: THE INVENTION OF COLOUR

Philip Ball

434 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction art history science informative reflective slow-paced
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No greater tale has remained untold than that of colour. We live in an age where almost every conceivable hue can be chemically manufactured, and is available off the shelf. Yet for thousands of years just a handful of pigments - many lacking in a...

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