One of the best-known toxic colors was Scheele's green, named for the Swiss chemist who invented it in the 18th century. The legacy of this pigment is still affecting opinions about the use of the ...

To attract readers, these cloth covers were often dyed in bright, eye-catching colors. One popular pigment was Scheele's green, named after Carl Wilhelm Scheele, a German-Swedish chemist who in 1775 ...