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Can you close your eyes and picture the color Berlin blue?
“Nature’s Palette: A Color Reference System from the Natural World”by Patrick Baty with contributions Elaine Charwat, Peter Davidson, André Karliczek, and Giulia Simonini. (Photo: © Thames & Hudson)This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please read
The book is based onWerners Nomenclature of Coloursa taxonomy of naturally-occurring hues compiled by German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner.
The history of color has always been multidisciplinaryfrom the decorative arts to the works of biologists such as Darwin.
Nature’s Paletteis introduced byPatrick Baty, a British expert on historical paints and color usage.
Werner’s palette for blue, page 6. (Source: Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, Patrick Syme, 1821.)
Each was to influence the use of color in decorationeither directly or indirectly.
For a quick background on color theory, check out My Modern Met’s helpfularticleon the subject.
Scroll down for a sneak peek at some illustrations included in the volume.
Werner’s palette of reds, page 7. (Source: Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, Patrick Syme, 1821.)
Werner’s palette for blue, page 6.
(Source: Werners Nomenclature of Colours, Patrick Syme, 1821.)
Werner’s palette of reds, page 7.
Parrot, page 10. (Source: MS Typ 55.9 (43). Houghton Library, Harvard University.)
(Source: Werners Nomenclature of Colours, Patrick Syme, 1821.)
Parrot, page 10.
(Source: MS Typ 55.9 (43).
Minerals, page 44. (Source: Reinhard Brauns, The Mineral Kingdom vol.2, 1912.)
Houghton Library, Harvard University.)
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Minerals, page 44.
Red Coral [Corallium], page 248. (Source: Deliciae naturae selectae, Vol. 1, Georg Wolfgang Knorr, 1766.)
(Source: Reinhard Brauns, The Mineral Kingdom vol.2, 1912.)
Red Coral [Corallium], page 248.
(Source: Deliciae naturae selectae, Vol.
Finch varieties, page 142. (Source: Spencer Fullerton Baird, Thomas Mayo Brewer and Robert Ridgway, A History of North American Birds, Vol. 1, 1905.)
1, Georg Wolfgang Knorr, 1766.)
Make your world a bit more colorful with this must-read book.
Finch varieties, page 142.
1, 1905.)
