Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria FinlayMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A fun walk through the origins of colors used in dyes, paints, etc. The history and the descriptions of her journeys to the various ancient sources of different colors were fascinating. However, I do question the wisdom of traveling to the saffron fields in Iran, the lapis lazuli mines in Afghanistan, and coastal Lebanon (in search of purple dye from shellfish) considering the current turmoil in those areas.
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