The Secret Lives of Color

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The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories at the back of them in a fantastic multi-colored volume

“Beautifully written . . . Full of anecdotes and fascinating research, this elegant compendium has the entire answers.” —NPR, Best Books of 2017

The Secret Lives of Color tells the abnormal stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the best way battles were fought to the white that safe against the plague, Picasso’s blue period to the charcoal at the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread right through history.

In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from (whether Van Gogh’s chrome yellow sunflowers or punk’s fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilization. Across fashion and politics, art and war, the name of the game lives of color tell the vivid story of our culture.

“This passionate and majestic compedium will leave you bathed within the gorgeous optics of light.” Elle

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