Color Stories
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Payne’s Gray, the Color of English Rain and Henry Miller’s Paris
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Haint Blue, the Ghost-Tricking Color of Southern Homes and Gullah Folktales
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All The Whites You Cannot Name
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Rose Madder, the Pinky Red of Stephen King’s Worst Novel and Hieronymus Bosch’s Perverted Playground
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Falu Red, The Color of Bucolic Barns and Mummified Swedes
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Glaucous, the Greeny Blue of Epic Poetry and Succulents
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Fuchsia, The Pinky Purple of Victorian Gardens and "Miami Vice"
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Caput Mortuum, An Earthy Brown Made of Bodies (or Minerals!)
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Prussian Blue, The Color of Great Waves and Starry Nights
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Gamboge, A Sunny Yellow with a Deadly Past