In this brief, Mary Virginia Orna details the history of color from the
chemical point of view. Beginning with the first recorded uses of color
and ending in the development of our modern chemical industry, this
rich, yet concise exposition shows us how color pervades every aspect of
our lives. Our consciousness, our perceptions, our useful appliances and
tools, our playthings, our entertainment, our health, and our diagnostic
apparatus - all involve color and are based in no small part on
chemistry.