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Mauve

Simon Garfield

2000222 pagesabout 3–5 hours
2000
first published
  • 2000Faber and Faber · 222 pages · ENGISBN 9780571201976
  • 2001W. W. Norton & Company · 222 pages · ENGISBN 9780393020052
  • 2002W. W. Norton & Company · 242 pages · ENGISBN 9780393323139
  • 2001Diane Pub Co · ENGISBN 9780756750251
  • 2001Faber and Faber · 240 pagesISBN 9780571209170
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Explains how English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color in a factory in 1856, and discusses how his discovery of the color mauve changed the fashion industry.

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