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Colour : travels through the paintbox /
Publication details: London : Sceptre, 2002.Description: xiv, 494 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 0340733284
- 9780340733288
- 0340826320
- 9780340826324
- 0340733292
- 9780340733295
- ND1488 .F56 2002
Contents:
Summary: Part travelogue, part narrative history, this text lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths a wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.
Beginning of the rainbow -- Paintbox -- Ochre -- Black & brown -- White -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- Green -- Blue -- Indigo -- Violet -- End of the rainbow.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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Whitecliffe Library General Shelves | General | ND 1488 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | Donated by Henry Symonds, 2023. | 0014520 |
Includes bibliographical references.
Beginning of the rainbow -- Paintbox -- Ochre -- Black & brown -- White -- Red -- Orange -- Yellow -- Green -- Blue -- Indigo -- Violet -- End of the rainbow.
Part travelogue, part narrative history, this text lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths a wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.
