Cover of Mauve

Mauve

by Simon Garfield

2000 222 pages eng

Biography & Memoir Art & Photography History
Chemists Dyes and dyeing Science & Technology Colors Chemistry Great britain, biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Art New York Times reviewed Biography History

Explains how English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color in a factory in 1856, and discusses how his discovery of the color mauve changed the fashion industry.

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