Geffrye Museum - Bronze Green door and Lead Colour balustrade The biggest problem with the naming of colour is the inevitable one of interpretation. Few more so than ‘Bronze Green’, which to some will conjure up...
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The Pink Panther
Pink Panther During the Second World War the paints employed for the camouflage of British armoured fighting vehicles and vehicles were supplied ready-mixed. They matched two British Standards colour ranges: BS381C...
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Hyde Park Lodge
Hyde Park Lodge is a Grade II Listed building of 1825 by Decimus Burton. It is located at Hyde Park Corner, to the north west of Wellington Arch and west of the Decimus Burton Screen which marks the Hyde Park...
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Bernard Street, Bloomsbury
I was asked to advise on the appropriate paint colour for this terrace of late 18th century houses in Bloomsbury. The client asked me to suggest a more appropriate colour for the doors and windows. This was the...
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Apsley House
Apsley House is a museum and art gallery on the south-east corner of Hyde Park. It was originally built by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778 for Lord Apsley. In 1807 it was bought by Richard Wellesley, 1st...
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Royal Naval College, Greenwich
The Former Royal Naval College, Greenwich is one of my longest-standing clients. I have worked there since the days when it was occupied by the Royal Navy. Most of the site has been investigated by me. My work...
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The Colour of Chelsea
The Colour of Chelsea by Patrick Baty An article that I wrote for the Chelsea Society Journal. Papers and Paints can be found here: View Larger...
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Geffrye Museum, London
I have been advising the Geffrye Museum on paint and colour for twenty years. In a recent project I investigated the paints and the colours employed on the exterior of the fourteen almshouses that form the museum...
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