Originally, the word Magenta referred to a small city in Italy, in a region called Lombardy, where the French and Piedmontese troops defeated the Austrian army in June of 1859. How did it transpire that this name has come to represent this vivid red color, bordering on pink, that we know so well? Near the end [...]
The story of Prussian blue is a very good example of how scientific discoveries often happen. In the early 18th century, a Berlin color maker named Diesbach was producing a very nice red in which he used potash, or potassium. One day, he happened to buy potash from a chemist named Dippel. Dippel, an unscrupulous [...]
If you are thinking of redecorating a room but don’t know where to look for inspiration, please read on. Depending on the room you want to decorate and on the atmosphere you want to create in it, you may wish to consider a theme that is of interest to you, and work around it. Think [...]
During the Middle Ages, the growth of the textile industry soon became one of the main economic engines of Europe. The industry was propelled by a number of dyer-artisans into an exhaustive search for new products and techniques that would result in brighter and more durable colors. Once imported from the Orient, textile fabrics in [...]
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