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Caput Mortuum, An Earthy Brown Made of Bodies (or Minerals!)
Cultural histories of unusual hues. By Katy Kelleher.
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The Reinvention of Black
As the means of creating the color black have changed, so have the subjects it represents. By Mark Peplow.
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Red All Over: How a Tiny Bug Changed the Way We See the World
One hundred seventy thousand years ago, our cave-dwelling ancestors ground up clay laced with iron oxide and covered their bodies, painted their walls, and encased their dead with the rich red of ochre. And over the thousands of years that followed...