Secret lives of color

By:

Clair, Kassia St

Publication details: New York Penguin Books 2017Description: 320pISBN:

9780143131144

DDC classification:

741.018 CLA

Contents:

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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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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