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Inkvent day two: “Wilted Rose,” a delicate rose gold ink that shows up a little more pink on the page than this photo indicates.

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Words written on a lined page in a rose gold ink. The words are: “Dec 2/24 Wilted Rose. The components of true rose gold are approximately 75% gold and 22.5% copper and a small percentage of silver.” They are from an article by Ashley Flight called “A History Lesson on Rose Gold” which appeared on the Southeby’s website.
December 2, 2024 at 2:22 PM
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There is a bit of silver shimmer in today’s ink, “Noble Fir.” (And it kind of feels like we could all use some hope!)

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Words written in sparkling green ink on a lined page. The words read: Dec 3/24, “Noble Fir.” “…green was, and is, a color of hope.” The quote comes from James Fox’s book called The World According to Color. There are blotches of ink on the left and green floral endpapers of the notebook on the right.
December 3, 2024 at 3:31 PM
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Amazing history of royal purple and indigo

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The Hidden Labor Behind the Luxurious Colors of Purple and Indigo
The history of Tyrian purple, indigo, and other dyes is a fascinating reminder of how we forget the people and the labor behind the products we use everyday.
hyperallergic.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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‘The Secret Lives of Colour’ by Kassia St. Clair, is a delightful wee book, chockablock with fascinating insights into the history of colour! 🎨 a perfect light read for these heavy times.
What is your favourite colour?
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January 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Blue pigments are absent in Palaeolithic art. The authors identify traces of azurite on an artefact from the Final Palaeolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. This represents the earliest use of blue pigment in Europe!

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The earliest evidence of blue pigment use in Europe | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
The earliest evidence of blue pigment use in Europe
www.cambridge.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #ThePeoplesPartyWithFemiKoleoso

Nicola Cruz & History of Colour:
🎵 Paruma

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▶️ Song/Cover on Bandcamp:
Paruma, by Nicola Cruz x History of Colour
from the album Confluencias II: Montaña
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June 19, 2026 at 6:19 PM
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Over hundred and thirty year old article about coloured sculptures of antique - the subject that seems to come as a new thing to every generation :D
in Did the Greeks paint their sculptures?, The Century 6, 1892
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June 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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"British Plants Capable of Dyeing Mordanted Wool" from The Natural Organic Colouring Matters, 1918

coloriasto.blogspot.com/2025/05/appe...

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Appendix. British Plants Capable of Dyeing Mordanted Wool
The Natural Organic Colouring Matters By Arthur George Perkin, F.R.S., F.R.S.E., F.I.C., professor of colour chemistry and dyeing in the U...
coloriasto.blogspot.com
May 29, 2025 at 1:19 PM