Nature's palette : a colour reference system from the natural world
2021
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First published in 1814 and expanded in 1821, Syme's edition of 'Werner's Nomenclature of Colours' attempted to establish a universal colour reference system to help identify, classify and represent species from the natural world. Werner's set of 54 colour standards was enhanced by Patrick Syme with the addition of colour swatches and further references from nature, taking the total number of hues classified to 110. The resulting resource proved invaluable not only to artists but also to zoologists, botanists, mineralogists and anatomists. In this book, this technicolour trove has been enhanced with the addition of illustrations of the animals, vegetables and minerals Werner referenced alongside each colour swatch and accompanied by text explaining the uses and development of colour standards in relation to zoology, botany, minerology and anatomy.
Main title:
Nature's palette : a colour reference system from the natural world / introduced by Patrick Baty.
Imprint:
London : Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2021.
Collation:
290 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780500252468 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1199429