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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 University Press, 2021.

Syme, Patrick, 1774-1845. Werner's nomenclature of colours.

Color in nature.

Color -- Terminology.

9780691217048 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Color reference system from the natural world

290 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

"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.

"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 from nature, taking the total number of hues classified to 110. The resulting resource was proved invaluable not only to artists but also to zoologists, botanists, mineralogists and anatomists. In 'Nature's Palette' this technicolour trove has, for the first time, been enhanced with the addition of illustrations of the animals, vegetables and minerals Werner referenced alongside each color swatch and accompanied by expert text explaining the uses and development of color standards in relation to zoology, botany, minerology and anatomy. This fully realized color catalog includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral that Syme cited."

Syme, Patrick, 1774-1845.

Charwat, Elaine.

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