TY  - GEN
AU  - Clair, Kassia St.
TI  - Secret lives of color
SN  - 9780143131144
U1  - 741.018 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - New York
PB  - Penguin Books
N1  - 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
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