A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World Ricardo Caté Although almost all other plants

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A Red Like No Other: How Cochineal Colored the World Ricardo Caté Although almost all other plantsThe captivating story of the pursuit of the most powerful color. A global symbol of power, wealth, mystery, and sexuality, red has seduced viewers and inspired artists for millennia. Painters and other artists engaged in a quest for the source of the perfect red that conveyed the luxury, spirit, and substance of living. In the 1520s, Spanish explorers found it in the grand Aztec marketsin a dye derived from the cochineal insect. The ensuing global