From the Berlin-born Prussian blue to Nantucket red (giveaway), this infographic maps out the geographical origins of shades of colors.
The emotional associations and cultural histories of colors have been well-documented on Co.Design—but what about the geographical histories of colors? For Lapham's Quarterly's fashion issue, designer Haisam Hussein reinvents the color wheel to show where various shades of colors were invented—from Int'l Klein Blue (Paris) to Scheele's Green (Sweden), Turmeric (India), and Mauve (London).
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