Fresh Peas - with thanks to Gerry the Cook Pea Green is a colour name that immediately conjures up an image, but on reflection is it the colour of fresh peas, frozen peas, tinned peas or (forgive the accent) mushy...
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Dec 5th, 2011
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A Dictionary of Color Names
The ISCC-NBS Method of Designating Colors and A Dictionary of Color Names was published by the National Bureau of Standards and printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office in 1955. It is a curious work, and...
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Dec 3rd, 2011
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Aesthetics | Colour Ranges |
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Hay’s Nomenclature of Colours (1)
Plate 1 The Primary Colours above and the Secondary Colours below1 A Nomenclature of Colours, Hues, Tints, and Shades, Applicable to the Arts and Natural Sciences; to Manufactures, and other Purposes of General...
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Dec 2nd, 2011
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Colour Ranges | History |
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Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration
British Standard 1572: 1949 Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration was a range of paint colours designed for the Ministry of Works for the purpose of interior decoration. This range of 17 colours (two...
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Nov 27th, 2011
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The Art of Painting in Oyl (2)
John Smith's The Art of Painting in Oyl may perhaps lay claim to being the first house-painting manual in the English language. At least that was the conclusion that I reached after a lengthy analysis of...
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Nov 27th, 2011
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The Art of Painting in Oyl (1)
John Smith's The Art of Painting in Oyl may perhaps lay claim to being the first house-painting manual in the English language. At least that was the conclusion that I reached after a lengthy analysis of...
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Nov 15th, 2011
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Patrick |
Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Walpamur
I have already written about two other significant brands of Water Paint in the twentieth century - Thomas Parsons' Parlyte Water Paint and Duresco - the 'King of Water Paints'. However, it is perhaps Walpamur, the...
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Nov 13th, 2011
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Colour Ranges | History |
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The Hierarchy of Colour in Eighteenth Century Decoration
Lead Colour in the Handel House Museum © Marinos Costeletos - with thanks to the Museum The use of colour in the decoration of early eighteenth century interiors was much more straightforward and austere than many...
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Nov 7th, 2011
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Colour Ranges | Paint Technical |
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Duresco – King of Water Paints
Duresco - the King of Water Paints "DURESCO on your Walls will bring DIGNITY, FRESHNESS and BEAUTY to your Home". At the very beginning of the twentieth century it was announced that: The Guildhall, London...
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Nov 5th, 2011
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Colour Ranges |
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Archrome (Munsell) Colour Range
Archrome (Munsell) Colour Card - with thanks to Colin Mitchell-Rose The end of the Second World War saw a number of ‘satellite’ new towns develop to the north and east of London – in Hertfordshire1 and Essex...
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