Kassia St. Clair

The Secret Lives of Color
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Lindsay HaleFirst to rec“One page per color. Well-told stories. One about underwear?!”
Rob Grennan“It’s like if you see a color and you’re able to click ‘learn more’. Excellent gift for an artist.”
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Very Carrie“I always love learning more about colors.”
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Ana Stapleton“Easy to read, fascinating backstory of 75 different colors and how they shaped culture and history.”
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Kat Haynes“If you’re a ~chromaphile~ like me, you’re going to be obsessed with this book — learn all about the history of color. Incredible”
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Juno“This book gives character to colors beyond their looks and personal understandings. A bit like speed dating, each color gets only a few pages. But their histories are so rich and interesting. I love stories about ordinary things that make you look at the world a little differently.”
Kaylan“Fascinating!”
Kaianne
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