Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky by Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter

Blue: A History of the Color as Deep as the Sea and as Wide as the Sky

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Daniel Minter

nonfiction emotional informative lighthearted medium-paced

40 pages | first published 2022

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And then there was indigo, which was so valuable that American plantations grew it as a cash crop on the backs of African slaves. It wasn't until 1905, when Adolf von Baeyer created a chemical blue dye, that blue could be used for anything and eve...
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informative 100%
reflective 71%
emotional 14%
hopeful 14%
inspiring 14%
lighthearted 14%
relaxing 14%

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fast 20%

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