Chromatopia : an illustrated history of colour
Title:
Chromatopia : an illustrated history of colour
Illustrated history of colour
Illustrated history of color
Author:
Coles, David (Paint-maker), author.
ISBN:
9781760762018
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Edition:
Paperback edition.
Physical Description:
xv, 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Contents:
A life lived in colour -- Glossary -- The basics of colour : Blue ; Purple ; Red ; Orange ; Yellow ; Green -- I. The first colours : Ochres ; Chalk white ; Lamp black ; Bone white ; Bone black -- II. Colour in the time of the ancients : Egyptian blue ; Orpiment ; Realgar ; Woad -- III. Colour + the classical world : Lead white ; Tyrian purple ; Indigo ; Malachite ; Azurite ; Red lead ; Verdigris ; Chrysocolla -- IV. Medieval colours : Lac ; Vine black ; Kermes ; Dragon's blood ; Lapis lazuli ; Peach black ; Lead tin yellow ; Vermilion ; Smalt ; Saffron ; Blue Verditer ; Graphite ; Naples Yellow -- V. Writing inks : Gall ink : Bistre ; Sepia ; Walnut -- VI. Dyes, lakes + pinkes : Arzica ; Brazilwood ; Logwood ; Stil De Grain ; Madder lake ; Cochineal ; The farmers of cochineal -- VII. Mysterious colours : Indian yellow ; Gamboge ; Mummy Brown -- VIII. The explosion of colours : Prussian blue ; Lead chromates ; Emerald green ; Cobalt ; Potter's pink ; Ultramarine ; Cadmium ; Cerulean blue ; Manganese -- IX. A brave new world of colour : Mars colours ; Zinc white ; Titanium white ; Synthetic chemistry of the modern world -- X. The science of modern colour : Fluorescence ; Photoluminescence ; YInMn blue ; Vantablack ; Making colour visceral: how paint is made -- Manufacturing pigments : Lead white ; Carmine lake ; Ultramarine ; Madder lake -- Artists' colour.
Abstract:
Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, and even crushed insects. From grinding down beetles and burning animal bones to alchemy and serendipity, Chromatopia reveals the origin stories of over 50 of history's most extraordinary pigments. Spanning the ancient world to modern leaps in technology, this is a book for the artist, the history buff, the science lover and the design fanatic.
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Bibliographical References:
Includes bibliographical references (page 222).
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