Customers who viewed this item...

Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
Simon Garfield
Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7)
Available from these sellers.
Amazon.co.uk Review
Mauve? Not the butchest of colours perhaps; you might be forgiven for wondering whether, if a Longitude-style book had to be written about hues, Red, Blue or Yellow might not be the place to start instead. But Garfield has chosen his colour well: mauve and its 19th-century inventor William Perkin... Read More

Also viewed these items...

Show items from:
All Categories (26)
Books
Film & TV

Show items that:
Customers also bought
Customers also viewed

Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
The Error World
The Wrestling
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Paperback by Simon Garfield
The Error World Paperback by Simon Garfield
The Wrestling Paperback by Simon Garfield

Black: The History of a Color
Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans
Black: The History of a Color Hardcover by Michel Pastoureau
Indigo: Egyptian Mummies to Blue Jeans Paperback by Jenny Balfour-Paul

Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design
Blue: The History of a Color
Colour Mixing Bible
Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design Paperback by Edith Anderson Feisner
Blue: The History of a Color Hardcover by Michel Pastoureau
Colour Mixing Bible Paperback by Ian Sidaway

  More Results