Nature's palette : a color reference system from the natural world / [introduction by Patrick Baty ;...
Nature's palette : a color reference system from the natural world / [introduction by Patrick Baty ;...
Nature's palette : a color reference system from the natural world / [introduction by Patrick Baty ; contributors: Elaine Charwat, Peter Davidson, Giulia Simonini, André Karliczek.]
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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GQ 2022/0038
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English
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290 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
A colour reference system from the natural world -- Introduction: The origins, development and influence of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours / Patrick Baty -- Whites, greys and blacks: 1. Werner's mineralogical system and how his Nomenclature of Colours became Syme's colour standard / Peter Davidson...
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Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2021]
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New Jersey
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
First published in 1814 & expanded in 1821 Syme's edition of 'Werner's Nomenclature of Colours' attempted to establish a universal color reference system to help identify, classify and represent species from the natural world. Werner's set of 54 color standards was enhanced by Patrick Syme with the addition of color swatches and further references...
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Full title
Nature's palette : a color reference system from the natural world / [introduction by Patrick Baty ; contributors: Elaine Charwat, Peter Davidson, Giulia Simonini, André Karliczek.]
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Color reference system from the natural world
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"With 1,000 illustrations."
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2021 by Thames & Hudson Ltd."--Colophon.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-285) and index.
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GQ 2022/0038
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74VKa35ywdmZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKa35ywdmZ
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ISBN
9780691217048
DDC
752
MMS ID
991024410821002626
