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Mineral Pigment, Bhubaneswar, India, 1999
Photo: Woman grinding pigments
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A woman in Bhubaneswar, India, prepares to grind red mineral pigment on a stone pestle. In the Hindu religion, colors, especially red, are endowed with symbolic significance.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "The Quest for Color," July 1999, National Geographic magazine)

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Photograph by Cary Wolinsky

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