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Colour : travels through the paintbox / Victoria Finlay.

By: Language: English Publication details: London : Sceptre, [2003].Description: xiv, 494, [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., maps ; 20 cmContent type:
  • $atext$2rdacontent.
Media type:
  • unmediated$2rdamedia.
Carrier type:
  • volume.
ISBN:
  • 9780340733295
Subject(s):
Contents:
The beginning of the rainbow -- The paintbox -- Ochre -- Black and brown -- White -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- Green -- Blue -- Indigo -- Violet -- The end of the rainbow.
Summary: Part travelogue, part narrative history, this text lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths a wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Barcode
Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 701.85 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 07819

Bibliography: pp.439-450.

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

Part travelogue, part narrative history, this text lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths a wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.

Originally published: 2002.