Red. The history of color

"Red" is the fourth book of M. Pasturo from a large -scale color history in Western European societies ("Blue", "Black", "Green" have already been published "new literary review ”) Noble and majestic, full of life, energetic and even aggressive, red was the first color that a person learned to make and divide into shades. Until relatively recently, it was he who remained the most popular and occupied the highest position in the color hierarchy. Why is it believed that red wine invigorates more than white? Red meat is more nutritious? Red lipstick is better than other shades decorates a woman? Red cars - recall the Ferrari and Mazerati - faster than the rest, and in sports, as legend says, players in red T -shirts morally suppress opponents, so their team loses less often? The French historian M. Pasturo is trying to answer these and other questions, to figure out where such an unconditional faith in the powerful red, and find the reasons for its gradual disappearance from our daily life