MECM90015 History and Philosophy of Media 2012

1. Problems of Periodisation: colour

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18-year-old William Perkin synthesises first aniline mauve dye in his bedroom in Shadwell

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CIE LAB colour space 1931

Typical colour gamuts mapped to the CIE LAB diagram