Originally, Easter eggs were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring and were used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.
He asked advice of Scottish dye works owner Robert Pullar, who assured him that manufacturing the dye would be well worth it if the colour remained fast.
Her book, like others, was not only meticulously filled with spells written by scribes but illuminated with bright, crisp paintings that show crucial scenes and deities.
Stacked near the checkout counters, and as colorful as a Fisher-Price toy, it is a not-so-serious-looking power tool: a battery-operated saw-and-drill combination.
The furniture, with its modern style and bright colours, suits modern houses and their gardens, but looks out of place in the garden of a traditional home.