Color charts : a history / Anne Varichon ; translated by Kate Deimling.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varichon, Anne, author.

Contributor:

Deimling, Kate, translator.

Standardized Title:

Nuanciers. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Color--Psychological aspects--History.

Color.

Color--Social aspects--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic, and beautiful ways in which color swatches have been selected and staged" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

GRASPING COLOR: FIFTEENTH TO SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES

An Age-Old Interest in Color

The Sample, A Tiny World

In the Seventeenth Century, a Growing Range of Tools

AN IDEAL SYSTEM: EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY

The Dyer's Drive to Innovate

The Werner-Syme Nomenclature, a Color Chart for Understanding the World

In the Early Nineteenth Century, Chemists Work with Textile Samples

THE CHAOS OF SYNTHETIC COLOR: MID- TO LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY

Teaching Manuals in Chemistry Reflect the Transformation

Continuing the Undertaking of Creating Order in the Sciences and the Arts

A REVOLUTION IN COLOR: LATE NINETEENTH CENTURY TO WORLD WAR I

The Chemical Industry Uses the Color Chart to Promote the Dyeing of Raw Materials

Silk Threads Dyers Orient their Color Charts Toward Creativity

The Retail Color Chart

A Struggle with the Limitations of the Color Chart

BRINGING COLOR TO THE MASSES: BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS

The Color Charts of a Thriving Chemical Industry

The Sewing and Fashion Industries: General Stability and a Few Innovations

The Paint Color Chart Introduces Users to New Products, Customs, and Perceptions

Fine Arts Color Charts become Increasingly Decorative

Cosmetics Color Charts Reflect an Artistic Approach to Reproductions

Color Charts Appear Throughout the Household

JUBILATION OF COLOR: 1950s-1980s

The Color Chart in the Chemical Industry of the Trente Glorieuses

Color Charts for Clothing that Became more Colorful

In Interior Design, Color Charts for Increasingly Varied Applications

Color Charts for Artists' Supplies: Teaching and Distancing

Cosmetics Color Charts Evoke Enthusiasm

THE COLOR CHART: MULTITUDE, ICON, IDOL, 1990s TO THE PRESENT

Ordinary and Extraordinary Color Charts

A Wide Range of Choices

In the 2000s, The Color Chart Moves from Icon to Idol

Color Charts and Artists

Elegy or Epilogue?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-280).

Other Format:

Print version: Varichon, Anne. Color charts.

ISBN:

9780691255187

0691255180

OCLC:

1419871241

Publisher Number:

3662010 EBSCO