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Victoria Finlay's first book explores the origins of color, or where people obtain the pigments and dyes used throughout history. I loved her second book, "Jewels", and this book is just as fascinating.
As a creative person, I had to learn the color wheel and the lingo associated with it for my quilting. As a visual person, I enjoy reading books that are highly descriptive; it makes the story come to life for me.
From the blurb at the back:
On her quest to uncover the secrets of colour, Victoria Finlay visited remote Central American villages where women still wear skirts dyed with the purple tears of sea snails; learned how George Washington obsessed about his green dining room while he should have been busy with matters of state; and investigated the mystery of Indian yellow paint, said to have been made from the urine of cows force-fed with mango leaves.
