Title: Mauve
First published: 2000
Description: Explains how English chemist William Perkin accidentally discovered a way to mass-produce color in a factory in 1856, and discusses how his discovery of the color mauve changed the fashion industry.
Subjects: Dye industry, Mauve, Chemists, Biography, Kleurstoffen, Kleurstoffenindustrie, Chemistry, History, Dyes and dyeing, Great britain, biography, New York Times reviewed, ART, Color Theory, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Science & Technology, Colors
Places: Great Britain, England
People: W. H. Perkin Sir (1838-1907), William Henry Perkin Sir (1838-1907)
LC classification: TP140.P46 G37 2000