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Index
COVER PAGE
TITLE PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION
PRAISE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1
SYDNEY
DARWIN
TRADING OCHRE
OCHRE INCEST TABOOS
THE EDGES OF ARNHEMLAND
ALICE SPRINGS
UTOPIA
WHEN THE COLORS WERE TAKEN AWAY
CHAPTER 2
THE FIRST PAINTING
THE OTHER EARLIEST PAINTINGS
IMPERMANENCE
CHARCOAL
SEDUCTIVE MASCARA
PENCILS
INK
PERMANENCE
DARK DYES
DEAD BODIES
THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER 3
DYING TO BE WHITE
THE STORY OF THE SKELETONS
THE SACRIFICE OF THE FIVE-PIGMENT GIRL
THE ADVENTURES OF LANGDON WARNER
WHITER SHADES OF PALE
WHITE HOUSES
PERFECT WHITES
THE WOMAN IN WHITE: A POSTSCRIPT
CHAPTER 4
THE PLANTATION
THE OLD WORLD BUG
NEW WORLD INSECT
A SPY IN MEXICO
INDIAN RED
THE DRAGON AND THE ELEPHANT
CHAPTER 5
CREMONA
BASTARD SAFFRON AND THE BLOOD OF DRAGONS
MAD ABOUT MADDER
ITALY
CHAPTER 6
INDIAN YELLOW
GAMBOGE AND ORPIMENT
SAFFRON
SAFFRON WALDEN
IN WHICH I FIND JESUS
PERSIAN YELLOW
THE LAUGHING SPICE
PURPLE MANTLES
CHAPTER 7
THE SECRETS OF CELADON
THE POISONER RETURNS
THE LOST GREENS
A ONE-POT DYE
CHAPTER 8
BEYOND THE SEAS
THE KHYBER
BAMIYAN
A GREMLIN BLUE
SECOND ATTEMPT
THE COLOR OF THE SKY
LOSING A SHOE
CHARTRES BLUE
THE VIRGIN’S ROBE
CHAPTER 9
A FIGHTER’S WEED
WOAD AND THE MIDDLE CLASSES
INDIGO IN THE OTHER INDIES
MAYAN BLUES
ISAAC’S INDIGO
A REBEL’S COLOR
THE LAST INDIGO PLANT
CHAPTER 10
A FUNERAL
THE PURPLE PEOPLE
THE FLUTTERING OF A BUTTERFLY’S WINGS
PASSION AND POWER
TYRE
A DYE FADES
THE PURPLE OF THE MIXTECS
THE SECRET OF TEKHELET
EPILOGUE
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
CREDITS
COPYRIGHT PAGE
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