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Pub. Date
2017.
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"The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Description
"A captivating new history of art told through the storied biographies of colors and pigments. In this refreshing approach to the history of color, Kelly Grovier takes readers on an exciting search for the intriguing and unusual. In Grovier's telling, a color's connotations are never fixed but are endlessly evolving. Knowledge of a pigment and its history can unlock meaning in the works that feature it. Grovier employs the term "artymology" to suggest...
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Pub. Date
[2022]
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Dive into the deep with Fifi, Lily and all their fish pals, Fish School is in session! Professor Shark has a new lesson for the little ones: they are going to learn all about colors. Get ready for fun in this new animated learning video for young children.
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"Civilization has been rebuilt after an unspoken "Something that Happened" five hundred years ago. Society is now color vision-segregated, professions, marriages, and leisure activities all dictated by an individual's visual ability, and everything run by the shadowy National Color in far-off Emerald City. Out on the fringes of Red Sector West, twenty-year-old Eddie Russett is being bullied into an arranged marriage with the powerful DeMauve family,...
11) The white book
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Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
As a boy paints a room, he finds little surprises coming from the colored part of the wall.
A stylish and fresh wordless picture book, this original story about imaginative play brims with visual humour, bold colours, and a parade of cheeky animals! A little boy stands in front of the whitest of white walls. He readies his brush ...and begins to paint. First off, a coat of pink - but wait, what's that? The painted wall reveals six birdies, perched...
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"Search human history and you'll quickly conclude that we've been enamored of blue at least since the pharaohs. So, it's startling to turn to the realms of nature and discover that "true" blue is truly rare. From the rain forest's morpho butterfly to the blue jay flitting past your window, few living things are blue--and most that appear so are performing sleight of hand with physics or chemistry. Cornflowers use the pigment found in red roses to...
13) Rainbow panda
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Description
"Deep in the jungle, a little panda and his friends are doing yoga. They stretch, reach, and balance. They're really rocking it! But . . . Little Panda feels sad because he doesn't have beautiful spots, fancy feathers, or bright colors like his friends. He's just plain black and white. Help Little Panda discover his radiant inner beauty! A journey through the 7 chakras will leave children filled with positive energy and will help them connect with...
14) Purple
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Series
Pub. Date
1999
Physical Desc
24 p.
Description
Simple text and photographs present a variety of purple things, including a baseball uniform, inner tube, and swimsuit.
15) The artist
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Pub. Date
2023.
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"A brave little artist goes on an epic adventure to share her creativity with the world, adding color and life to a drab, gray city"--
16) ¡Ojo, oso!
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Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
42 unnumbered pages : mainly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
¿Puede contarse una historia solo con formas, colores y sonidos? El resultado es ¡Ojo, Oso!, un viaje en busca de la guarida del Oso que se debe imaginar y escuchar. Sigue las líneas, encuentra el camilo, pero ¡cuidado con no caer en los agujeros!"--Casadellibro.
19) One
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Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Description
A number/color book reminding us that it just takes one to make everyone count.
20) Amor de colores
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Pub. Date
2021.
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24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"Amor de colores will introduce your little ones to all the colorful ways we see love in the world around us. Children will adore this heartwarming read that teaches them the colors of the rainbow and more"--Back cover.
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