Secret lives of color
Clair, Kassia St.
Secret lives of color - New York Penguin Books 2017 - 320p.
Contents
Preface 10
Color vision - How we see 13
Simple arithmetic - On light 17
Building the palette - Artists and their pigments 21
Vintage paint charts - Mapping color 26
Chromophilia, chromophobia - Politics of color 29
Colorful language - Do words shape the shades we see? 33
Lead white 43
Ivory 47
Silver 49
Whitewash 52
lsabelline 54
Chalk 56
Beige 58
Blonde 67
Lead-tin yellow 69
Indian yellow 71
Acid yellow 74
Naples yellow 76
Chrome yellow 78
Gamboge 80
Orpiment 82
Imperial yellow 84
Gold 86
Dutch orange 96
Saffron 98
Amber 101
Ginger 104
Minium 107
Nude 110
Baker-Miller pink 118
Mountbatten pink 120
Puce 122
Fuchsia 124
Shocking pink 126
Fluorescent pink 128
Amaranth 130
Scarlet 138
Cochineal 141
Vermilion 144
Rosso corsa 148
Hematite 150
Madder 152
Dragon's blood 154
Tyrian purple 162
Archil 165
Magenta 167
Mauve 169
Heliotrope 172
Violet 174
Ultramarine 182
Cobalt 187
Indigo 189
Prussian blue 193
Egyptian blue 196
Woad 198
Electric blue 201
Cerulean 204
Verdigris 214
Absinthe 217
Emerald 220
Kelly green 222
Scheele's green 224
Terre verte 227
Avocado 230
Celadon 232
Khaki 240
Buff 242
Fallow 244
Russet 246
Sepia 248
Umber 250
Mummy 253
Taupe 256
Kohl 264
Payne's gray 266
Obsidian 268
Ink 271
Charcoal 274
Jet 276
Melanin 278
Pitch black 280
Glossary of other interesting colors 282
Notes 285
Bibliography and suggested further reading 306
Acknowledgments 315
Index 316
9780143131144
741.018 / CLA
Secret lives of color - New York Penguin Books 2017 - 320p.
Contents
Preface 10
Color vision - How we see 13
Simple arithmetic - On light 17
Building the palette - Artists and their pigments 21
Vintage paint charts - Mapping color 26
Chromophilia, chromophobia - Politics of color 29
Colorful language - Do words shape the shades we see? 33
Lead white 43
Ivory 47
Silver 49
Whitewash 52
lsabelline 54
Chalk 56
Beige 58
Blonde 67
Lead-tin yellow 69
Indian yellow 71
Acid yellow 74
Naples yellow 76
Chrome yellow 78
Gamboge 80
Orpiment 82
Imperial yellow 84
Gold 86
Dutch orange 96
Saffron 98
Amber 101
Ginger 104
Minium 107
Nude 110
Baker-Miller pink 118
Mountbatten pink 120
Puce 122
Fuchsia 124
Shocking pink 126
Fluorescent pink 128
Amaranth 130
Scarlet 138
Cochineal 141
Vermilion 144
Rosso corsa 148
Hematite 150
Madder 152
Dragon's blood 154
Tyrian purple 162
Archil 165
Magenta 167
Mauve 169
Heliotrope 172
Violet 174
Ultramarine 182
Cobalt 187
Indigo 189
Prussian blue 193
Egyptian blue 196
Woad 198
Electric blue 201
Cerulean 204
Verdigris 214
Absinthe 217
Emerald 220
Kelly green 222
Scheele's green 224
Terre verte 227
Avocado 230
Celadon 232
Khaki 240
Buff 242
Fallow 244
Russet 246
Sepia 248
Umber 250
Mummy 253
Taupe 256
Kohl 264
Payne's gray 266
Obsidian 268
Ink 271
Charcoal 274
Jet 276
Melanin 278
Pitch black 280
Glossary of other interesting colors 282
Notes 285
Bibliography and suggested further reading 306
Acknowledgments 315
Index 316
9780143131144
741.018 / CLA