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Colors
Elephants Have Wings cartoon

The Price of Gold in a ‘Golden Age’
Durkee margarine ad 1955

Stomping the Margarine
Color abstract landscape painting

Claude Monet and Bee Purple

Distillations Podcast
Impressionist painting of a lily pond

Could Claude Monet See Like a Bee?

Distillations Article
Illustration of women in colorful clothing

Fit to Be Dyed

Distillations Article
An early 20th century porcelain painting kit

Distilled #5: Porcelain Painting

Distillations Video
Before and after of laser tattoo removal

Rethinking Ink

Distillations Podcast
Coloring Chemistry

#ColorOurCollections
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Painting Like It’s 1699

Distillations Video
A photograph that William Henry Perkin took of himself at the age of 14—four years before he discovered the first synthetic dyestuff.

William Henry Perkin
Historical Profile

Art Detectives

Distillations Video
DuPont car paint ad

Colors Run Riot

Distillations Article
The 17-jewel movement of a 1967 Omega Moon watch.

Making Gemstones

Distillations Article
Navajo rug

Weaving Cultures

Distillations Article
Albert H. Munsell

A Colorful Life

Distillations Article

True Blue: DuPont and the Color Revolution

Distillations Article
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