First published in 1814 and expanded in 1821 – long before the era of colour photography or print – 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.
This fully realised colour catalogue includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral that Syme cited. Readers can see for themselves Tile Red in the Cock Bullfinch’s breast, Shrubby Pimpernel and Porcelain Jasper; or admire the Berlin Blue that Syme identified on the wing feathers of a Jay, in the Hepatica flower and in Blue Sapphire. Still a much-loved reference among artists, naturalists and everyone fascinated by colour today, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours finds its fullest expression in this beautiful and comprehensive colour reference system.
https://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/nature-s-palette32948Nature's Palette: A Color Reference System from the Natural Worldhttps://shop.royalacademy.org.uk/media/catalog/product/1/2/12091204-nature_s-palette-a-color-reference-system-from-the-natural-world-web.jpg3535GBPInStock/Reading/All Books262<p>A gorgeous expanded edition of <em>Werner's Nomenclature of Colours</em>, a landmark reference book on colour and its origins in nature.</p> <div data-content-type="row" data-appearance="contained" data-element="main"><div data-enable-parallax="0" data-parallax-speed="0.5" data-background-images="{}" data-element="inner" data-pb-style="61DD3E673FEDA"><div data-content-type="text" data-appearance="default" data-element="main" data-pb-style="61DD3E673FEE7"><p>First published in 1814 and expanded in 1821 – long before the era of colour photography or print – 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.</p>
<p>This fully realised colour catalogue includes elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral that Syme cited. Readers can see for themselves Tile Red in the Cock Bullfinch’s breast, Shrubby Pimpernel and Porcelain Jasper; or admire the Berlin Blue that Syme identified on the wing feathers of a Jay, in the Hepatica flower and in Blue Sapphire. Still a much-loved reference among artists, naturalists and everyone fascinated by colour today, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours finds its fullest expression in this beautiful and comprehensive colour reference system.</p></div></div></div><style>#html-body [data-pb-style="61DD3E673FEDA"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-size: cover; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;}#html-body [data-pb-style="61DD3E673FEE7"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}</style>00add-to-cartstore_type:ShopShopHardback26.4 x 3.7 x 20.6cm9780500252468290No