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Colour: Travels Through The Paintbox

Part travelogue, part narrative history, `Colour` unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, and reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded and used. This remarkable and beautifully written book remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, and yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, and how an entire nation was founded on the colour purple. Exciting, richly informative, and always surprising, `Colour` lifts the lid on the historical palette and unearths an astonishing wealth of stories about the quest for colours, and our efforts to understand them.
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Part travelogue, part narrative history, ` Colour` unlocks the history of the colours of the rainbow, & reveals how paints came to be invented, discovered, traded & used. This remarkable & beautifully written book remembers a time when red paint was really the colour of blood, when orange was the poison pigment, blue as expensive as gold, & yellow made from the urine of cows force-fed with mangoes. It looks at how green was carried by yaks along the silk road, & how an entire nation was founded on the colour violet. Exciting, richly informative, & always surprising, ` Colour` lifts the lid on the historical palette & unearths an astonishing wealth of stories about the quest for colours, & our efforts to understand them.

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Silk - A natural fibre made by silk worms
Gold - A precious highly conductive metal
Blue - A primary colour
Yellow - A primary colour. The sun is often described as yellow
Purple - A colour between red and blue. Commonly associated with Cadburys
Red - One of the three primary colours
History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.
Colour - The categorised spectrum of light visable to humans
Road - a manmade lane or a path that is used to speed up travel.
Gold - A colour, a type of rich metal. Chemical symbol AU.
Blood - A red liquid that circulates around the body for all the bodies needs.

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Stanfords
Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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