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"From kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors haven't always matched nature's kaleidoscopic array. To reach those brightest heights required millennia of remarkable innovation and a fascinating exchange of ideas between science and craft that's allowed for the most luminous manifestations of our built and adorned world. In Full Spectrum, Rogers takes us on that globe-trotting journey,...
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"The unforgettable, unknown history of colors and the vivid stories behind them in a beautiful multi-colored volume The Secret Lives of Color tells the unusual stories of seventy-five fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picasso's blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet...
6) Bluets
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"A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue, while folding in, and responding to, the divergent voices and preoccupations of such generative figures as Wittgenstein, Sei Shonagon, William Gass and Joan Mitchell. Bluets further confirms Maggie Nelson’s place within the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists." -- Publisher's description
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"In Color Harmony in Your Paintings, artist and teacher Margaret Kessler takes a friendly approach to help you understand and apply the principles of color to greatly improve your artwork." "Through clear, instructive illustrations and painting examples, you'll learn how to use color to create expressive moods, unity, rhythm and eye-catching designs as well as heighten the impact of your paintings. No matter what your skill level, you'll find encouraging...
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A detailed study of the various sources and biological and emotional uses of color in all phases of human existence by a leading researcher in the field. Includes information on color symbolism of American Indians, the Egyptians, the Iliad, the Odyssey. Also includes symbolism of and healing power of the colors blue, green, red and yellow.
11) Merry Pinkmas!
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Pinkalicious (8x8) volume 8
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IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Pinkalicious tries to convince her family to put up a pink Christmas tree, although her parents aren't sure what Santa Claus' reaction will be.
12) Pinkalicious
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Pinkalicious volume 1
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HarperCollins
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IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A little girl who is obsessed with the color pink eats so many pink cupcakes that she herself turns pink.
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Atria Books
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2023.
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English
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"Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece The Color Purple--as well as the acclaimed 1985 film from Steven Spielberg, the Tony-winning Broadway musical, and the all-new film adaptation with this gorgeously designed exploration of the novel's enduring legacy, featuring contributions from Alice Walker, Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Colman Domingo, Fantasia Barrino, Danny Glover, and more. Since its publication in 1982,...
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2012
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No medium competes with oil in the world of portrait painting, and oil is best used to demonstrate principles of skin tones. In Chris Saper's second portrait book for North Light, readers will learn to incorporate life studies to improve accuracy in seeing and recording skin tones. Readers will enjoy two demonstrations for each of seven diverse subjects--one from life, and one from a finished portrait from photographs. Readers will enjoy rendering...
15) Yellow hippo
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Yellow Hippo creates a yellow surprise by placing yellow objects on her yellow trolley.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Poor Duncan just wants to color. But when he opens his box of crayons, he finds only letters, all saying the same thing: his crayons have had enough! They quit! Beige Crayon is tired of playing second fiddle to Brown Crayon. Black wants to be used for more than just outlining. Blue needs a break from coloring all those bodies of water. And Orange and Yellow are no longer speaking -- each believes he is the true color of the sun. What can Duncan possibly...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"An old stone tower on Rainspell Island seems to be filled with magic, but best friends Kirsty and Rachel can't get inside to search for Fern the Green Fairy, who has been sent away from Fairyland by the scheming Jack Frost. Can the girls and their new animal friends help reunite Fern with her fairy sisters?"--
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2024.
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"In this modern-day abecedarium, Jamaica Kincaid shares her deep knowledge of plant history and nomenclature while writing about the intersections of the plant world with history, race, mythology, colonial appropriation, and independence. Accompanied by vivid, powerful illustrations by Kara Walker"--
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