你知道吗？埃及人创造了**种合成色，还有，最高贵的紫色来自于一只食肉的海螺。纵观历史，艺术家的颜料都是由致命的金属、有毒的矿物、尿液、牛粪，甚至是粉碎的昆虫制成的。

从研磨甲虫和燃烧动物骨头到炼金术和纯粹的运气，《图解色彩历史》揭示了50多种历史上最生动的色彩颜料背后的起源故事。从古代世界到现代科技的飞跃，这是一本适合艺术家、历史爱好者、科学爱好者和设计狂人的书。

Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artist pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dung, and even crushed insects.

From grinding down beetles and burning animal bones to alchemy and pure luck, Chromatopia reveals the origin stories behind over fifty of history’s most vivid colour pigments. Spanning the ancient world to modern leaps in technology, this is the book for the artist, the history buff, the science lover and the design fanatic.