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Mauve
Mauve | Simon Garfield
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Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him. Before 1856, artificial colour was derived with difficulty and at enormous expense from animals, minerals or plants. But (…more)
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Mauve | Simon Garfield
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In 1856, university student William Perkin was experimenting and happened to discover the first reliable mauve dye (at a time when chemistry was thought to be pretty worthless). This book tells his story, starting strong and interesting but not maintaining. I was skimming by the end and think this would have been a better long form article. There‘s not enough material for a book.

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Mauve | Simon Garfield
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