Or you might look into Pantone colors. Adobe Illustrator accesses them. Cynthia
On Jun 30, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Linda Walton <linda.wal...@cherryfield.me.uk> wrote: > On 30/06/2015 14:59, Regina Haring wrote: > > [snip] > >> I'd like to know if there is a standard >> way that these colors are described in museum terminology. > > My Buckinghamshire County Library Service has copies of the "Methuen Handbook > of Colour" both on reference and loan. You can see it here:- > > http://www.amazon.co.uk/Methuen-Handbook-Colour-Ann-Mari-Kornerup/dp/0413334007/ref=sr_1_1/275-8405497-4350702?ie=UTF8&qid=1435685608&sr=8-1&keywords=9780413334008 > > I understand that it is the standard reference for colours. There is some > technical information, but most of the book consists of small squares of all > colours, (like a houshold paint chart), each with its own number. That is, > so far as I remember. It is some years since I used it, but at that time it > was on the recommendation of my sister, for whom it was part of the equipment > of all laboratories, where she worked as a senior member of what was then the > national forensic science service. Of course, that is nothing to do with > museums, but it may still be useful if you can't find anything else. > > Good luck, and I'm so pleased to learn that someone is doing such a > worthwhile job. > > Linda Walton, (in hot and sticky High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K.). > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
