DOC Intimate Bonds: Family and Slavery in the French Atlantic (The Early Modern Americas) by Jennifer L. Palmer in History

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Discover the tantalizing true stories behind your favorite colors.For example: Cleopatra used saffron—a source of the color yellow—for seduction. Extracted from an Afghan mine; the blue “ultramarine” paint used by Michelangelo was so expensive he couldn’t afford to buy it himself. Since ancient times; carmine red—still found in lipsticks and Cherry Coke today—has come from the blood of insects.