Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour

description of colours

• black
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    In black

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Raven Black” is compared to the “Berry of Deadly Night-Shade” and “Oliven Ore.” In the Munsell colour system—adopted in the early…

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• blue
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    In blue

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Prussian Blue” is compared to the “Beauty Spot on Wing of Mallard Drake,” the “Stamina of Bluish Purple Anemone,” and “Blue…

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• brown
  • In brown

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Chestnut Brown” is compared to the “Neck and Breast of Red Grouse,” “Chestnuts,” and “Egyptian Jasper.” In the Munsell colour system—adopted…

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• green
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    In green

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Duck Green” is compared to the “Neck of Mallard,” the “Upper Disk of Yew Leaves,” and “Ceylanite.” In the Munsell colour…

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• orange
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    In orange

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Orpiment Orange” is compared to the “Belly of the Warty Newt” and “Indian Cress.” In the Munsell colour system—adopted in the…

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• red
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    In red

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Scarlet Red” is compared to the “Scarlet Ibis or Curlew,” the “Large red Oriental Poppy,” and “Light red Cinnaber.” In the…

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• violet
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    In violet

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Violet Purple” is compared to the “Purple Aster” and the “Amethyst.” In the Munsell colour system—adopted in the early 20th century…

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• white
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    In white

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Snow White” is compared to the “Breast of the black-headed Gull,” a “Snow-Drop,” and “Carara Marble.” In the Munsell colour system—adopted…

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• yellow
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    In yellow

    …the invention of colour photography, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colour (1814) was frequently used by scientists attempting to accurately describe colours observed in nature. In that book the so-called tint “Gamboge Yellow” is compared to the “Wings of Goldfinch,” “Yellow Jasmine,” and “High-coloured Sulphur.” In the Munsell colour system—adopted in the…

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