True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink Audiobook by Kory Stamper

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Title: True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink Genres: History, Biography & Memoir, Science & Technology, World, Biology & Chemistry Author: Kory Stamper Narrator: TBD Release date: 03-31-2026 Length: 10:00:00 Language: English Publisher: Random House (Audio)

Description: A kaleidoscopic journey through the secret history of hues—and the story of the obsessive genius behind the definitions of colors we use today, from the beloved author of Word by Word begonia (n.): 3 -s : a deep pink that is bluer, lighter, and stronger than average coral (see coral 3b), bluer than fiesta, and bluer and stronger than sweet william — called also gaiety What could “bluer than fiesta” possibly mean? While editing dictionaries for Merriam-Webster, Kory Stamper found herself drawn again and again to the whimsical color definitions in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary—especially when compared to the dry and impersonal...