{"product_id":"300-years-before-color-gold-butterfly","title":"300 Years Before Color — Gold Butterfly","description":"\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-end=\"351\" data-start=\"189\"\u003e300 Years Before Color is a remarkable historical color sample book that reveals how early color systems were explored centuries before modern color printing.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"354\" data-start=\"351\"\u003eThe book presents hundreds of historical color charts and carefully arranged hand-painted color swatches created long before standardized color systems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"isSelectedEnd\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was 1960 when Lawrence Herbert was working in a color printing and sales company mainly focused on cosmetics. 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