num_pages: 224
description: In 1856 eighteen-year-old English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color. In a "witty, erudite, and entertaining" (Esquire) style, Simon Garfield explains how the experimental mishap that produced an odd shade of purple revolutionized fashion, as well as industrial applications of chemistry research. Occasionally honored in certain colleges and chemistry clubs, Perkin until now has been a forgotten man.
language: English
title: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
titlecomplete: Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World
genres: Chemistry, Biography, History Of Science, History, Science, Art History, Historical, Nonfiction, Art, Microhistory
ratings_count: 1789
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company