Color : a natural history of the palette / Victoria Finlay.

By:

Finlay, Victoria

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Ballantine Books, 2002.Description: xii, 448 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cmISBN:

0345444302
9780345444301

Uniform titles:

Colour

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

History.

DDC classification:

535.6 22 FIN-C 2002 200687

Online resources:

Contents:

Preface: The beginning of the rainbow -- Introduction: The paintbox -- Ochre -- Black and brown -- White -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- Green -- Blue -- Indigo -- Violet -- Epilogue: The end of the rainbow.

Summary: In "Color, " a narrative history of the colors of the rainbow, author Finlay explores the physical materials that color the world, such as lapis and insectUs blood, as well as the social and political meanings that color has carried throughout time.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	School of Creative Arts Library Book Cart	535.6 FIN-C 2002 200687 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		200687

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 396-405) and index.

In "Color, " a narrative history of the colors of the rainbow, author Finlay explores the physical materials that color the world, such as lapis and insectUs blood, as well as the social and political meanings that color has carried throughout time.