Every Color Has a Story: History on the Palette
Tue, Jul 01
|Leavenworth Public Library
Laura Keyes, Historic Voices, will share with you the powerful - and colorful! - history of color.
Time & Location
Jul 01, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Leavenworth Public Library, 417 Spruce St, Leavenworth, KS 66048, USA
Guests
About the event
Do you know the history of the colors in your world? All they tints, hues, dyes, and shades of the colors around you can be traced back to a specific point in history - and the stories they tell are amazing! Which came first – the fruit orange or the color orange? Was Lincoln Green named after Mary Lincoln? This Illustrated Lecture will share with you the powerful - and colorful! - history of color.
Zoom option: This event will also be available to watch remotely via Zoom. Contact cmcguire@lvplks.org for program link.