Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter

40 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced
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And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and eve...

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informative 96%
reflective 41%
emotional 20%
adventurous 13%
inspiring 13%
hopeful 10%
lighthearted 6%
relaxing 6%
mysterious 3%

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fast 34%
slow 4%

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