Colors The Story of Dyes and Pigments
| Editor | Eve Sinaiko |
| Publisher | Harry N. Abrams, Inc. |
| Typography by | Elissa Ichiyasu, Tina Thompson, Dana Sloan |
| Printed and Bound by | Editoriale Lloyd |
| Translated by | Sophie Hawkes |
| Series | Discoveries |
| Cover/Jacket Design by | Dana Sloan |
| Copyright Holder | Gallimard |
| Copyright Holder (Translation) | Harry N. Abrams, Inc. |
| Format | Soft cover |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | 1999 |
| First Printing in Country | 2000 |
| Pages / Font | 160 pages |
| ISBN | 0-8109-2872-8 |
| Barcode | 9780810928725 |
| Chapters | Painting and Dyeing Colors in the Middle Ages The Explosion of Supply and Demand The Triumph of Industrial Chemistry Documents Further Reading List of Illustrations Index |
| Notes | From the painted caves at Lascaux, 40,000 years old, to the medieval cloth industry to today's computerized chemistry, this engaging book surveys the history of dyes and pigments in a work as rich, varied, and colorful as a box of crayons. 160 illustrations, 135 in full color. François Delamare is a chemist and metallurgist and director of research at the Ecole des Mines, Paris. Bernard Guineau is a physicist and research engineer and an expert in ancient colors and their uses. |
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