Before Colors
About This Book
Where does a shade of blue or green actually come from? This oversized nonfiction picture book follows the story of natural pigments and dyes across many centuries and cultures. Each color has a source, and that source is a plant, mineral, insect, or other natural material that someone had to find, gather, and prepare. Award-winning author Annette Bay Pimentel guides readers through the process, which is illustrated by Madison Safer. The book moves through the rainbow one hue at a time, beginning with yellow and continuing through purple, red, and beyond. Its lyrical main text follows painters, dyers, and other makers as they collect ingredients and transform surprising materials into vivid colors that can be painted on walls or used to dye cloth. Alongside the story, sidebars add a great deal of extra material. Readers will find long lists of individual shades, brief biographies of colorful historical figures, and other supplementary details for those who want to dig deeper.
ISBN: 9781647004217
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