Methuen Handbook of Colour

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{detailed description}The Third Edition of this authoritative pocket colour-book covers the essentials of colour practice and includes an international dictionary of colours with British Standard equivalents. A universal ready-reference for all whose jobs or recreations involve colour, it now includes names of colours used by British paint manufacturers and colours traditionally associated with the printing ink industry, thus shedding light on the whole field of colour in art and science.
The colour book is divided into two parts, the Handbook proper and a Colour Dictionary. The Handbook explains the basic facts upon which all systems of colour identification are based, and describes some important visual effects that apply to colour usage generally. The Dictionary consists of plates of 1,266 colour samples accompanied by descriptive glossaries of colour names with an easy cross-reference system.
The Colour Dictionary is so contrived that a colour sample of one's own can be compared with the charted samples, and an appropriate name selected for it from the colour diagrams. On the other hand, the appearance of a named colour can be discovered by looking up the colour-name in the alphabetical list and following the reference symbol to the appropriate place on the colour plates.
Lists of colour names used by British paint manufacturers and those used by the printing ink industry are included, set out in such a way that they can be readily compared with the colours reproduced in the Dictionary.

This very scarce and highly sought after copy is in exceptional condition and would appear un-read
{Author / Publisher / Date}by A. Kornerup and J. H. Wanscher
Published by Eyre Methuen 1981 3rd revised edition reprint. 252pp13x18
{condition}very slightly bumped at head of spine, otherwise fine in fine d/j.
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