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SYMHC Classics: A Brief History of Colors

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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A World of Colors

An over view of ways that people around the world have been creating dyes and paints since before the development of synthetic pigments. Ochre is probably the thing that people used to make their clothing and surroundings more colorful before they used anything else. Saffron has a really long history of its own, but we'll talk about it later in this episode when we're going to be talking about colors that longer as much of its history is about being a spice and a medicine.

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