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Making Purple: The Science of Art

by The National Gallery (London)

Video from The National Gallery (London)

Cite this page as: The National Gallery (London), "Making Purple: The Science of Art," in Smarthistory, May 5, 2017, accessed May 25, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/making-purple-science-of-art/.

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