Indian yellow: Making and breaking the imperial palette

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-214

  Bailkin, Jordanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bengal; British colonialism; India; Paint; Pigment; Race and racial science; Raj; Skin color

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT;

EID: 22144460491     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183505053075     Document Type: Article

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