The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/82618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Lives of Color Author: Kassia St. Clair Narrator: Kassia St. Clair Format: mp3 Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins Release date: 09-01-20 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 374 ratings Genres: History & Criticism Publisher's Summary: The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of 75 fascinating shades, dyes, and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso’s blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history. In this book, Kassia St. Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colors and where they come from into a unique study of human civilization.