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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
Mauve How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World
Author: Simon Garfield
Born of a laboratory accident, this odd shade of purple revolutionized fashion, industry, and the practice of science. Before 1856, the color in our lives--the reds, blues, and blacks of clothing, paint, and print--came from insects or mollusks, roots or leaves; and dyeing was painstaking and expensive. But in 1856 eighteen-year-old English chem...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780393020052
ISBN-10: 0393020053
Publication Date: 4/2001
Pages: 224
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Publisher: W. W. Norton Company
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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