THE COLOR OF MEMORY
RENATO REDENTOR CONSTANTINO
Op-Ed, ManilaStandardToday/abs-cbnNEWS.com
March 23, 2005

Blue is the color of heaven. A long time ago, it was more expensive than gold and "used only for the holiest parts of paintings, usually the Madonna's robes." Legend has it that Marco Polo brought ultramarine, a luminous deep blue whose very name means "from beyond the sea," to Italy from Afghanistan, where the color was derived from powdered lapis lazuli.

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