True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink Sam Bett carefully selecting books

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and the "unsinkable" Molly Brown

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True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink Sam Bett carefully selecting booksA kaleidoscopic journey through the secret history of huesand the story of the obsessive genius behind the definitions of colors we use today, from the beloved author of Word by Word begonia (n.): 3 s : a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see coral 3b), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william called also gaiety What could bluer than fiesta possibly mean? While editing dictionaries for Merriam