A color’s name carries with it a unique origin story, often revealing a tireless pursuit of beauty. What we know now as the reflection of light or a simple string of RGB codes, people once tried to recreate and possess through all kinds of methods. From a deadly tree resin in Cambodia to mucus made from thousands of sea snails in Lebanon to Swedish copper mines to ceramics in China, here are stories behind colors with unique names.
The Colorful Origins of Hues, Pigments and Dyes
Jan 13, 2023
3 minutes
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