[h-cost] Dictionary of colors in history
"Elephant's Breath and London Smoke: Historical Colors, Names, Definitions & Uses" is a dictionary of colors as used in history that I put together. There are no color plates, only the descriptions in the original wording with the source cited. It includes entries from around 1350 to 1922. For example, there are nine entries on umber (not including burnt umber), dated 1600 to 1921. The 1890 entry, in part, says "a yellowish brown," while the 1708 entry describes it as "a dark yellowish Colour us'd in Painting." Happy sewing, Deb Salisbury The Mantua-Maker Designer and creator of quality historical sewing patterns, Renaissance to Victorian www.mantua-maker.com From: "Sharon Collier" Me, too, but there is a book (available at Amazon) which supposedly has examples of all the old colors. I think the title has something to do with "elephants" or "smoke". Sorry, I don't remember exactly. It may also have been discussed on the Elizabethan Clothing Tribe. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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Gentles of the List, matching colours? Take an accurately-colour-referenced book-illustration/photo that contains the colour you are seeking with you, and visit your nearest Builders' Merchants that has a good Department for professional Painters & Decorators. That department will reference it's paint colours to one - or more - of several internationally-recognised Professional Decorators Colour Charts, - used by all Paint Manufacturers to achieve common standards - indexed not by names but by Chart Referenced ID No's. That department should also have a digital colour scanner, computer linked to a paint-mixing machine. They can accurately scan the colour of your sample, and mix you paints to match it exactly. However, they will also be able to cross-reference your sample colour to a shade on one of those International Colour Standard Charts. >From that, it shouldn't be too difficult to cross-reference that colour you >are seeking to either fabric manfacturers' colour swatches, - or to Dye >Manufacturers colour catalogues. When I'm painting heraldry for our medieval re-enactment hobby, that's what I do, always trying to work from a top-quality copy of a period illustration - portrait, or manuscript illumination. Working from Museum Picture Gallery items, one must try to ensure that the picture you've chosen has either been cleaned fairly recently - or that the photo you've bought from the Gallery was taken just after the last time the portrait was cleaned. Cordially, Julian Wilson, "old" Jersey, [ aka Lord Matthewe Baker, SCA Kingdom of Drachenwald] --- On Mon, 4/1/10, Kate Bunting wrote: From: Kate Bunting Subject: [h-cost] Colour names To: "h-cost...@indra.com" Date: Monday, 4 January, 2010, 10:52 Marjorie Wilser wrote : What color *IS* unburnt umber? My childhood paintbox also had "raw umber" (and raw and burnt Siena). I see raw umber is listed on the site that Fran recommended. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] Colour names
Yep, raw umber is the unburnt type. It is a greenish brown., burnt umber is dark brown. Raw sienna, on the other hand, is a brownish yellow, very close to ochre, while burnt sienna is a reddish brown. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Kate Bunting Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 2:53 AM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] Colour names Marjorie Wilser wrote : What color *IS* unburnt umber? My childhood paintbox also had "raw umber" (and raw and burnt Siena). I see raw umber is listed on the site that Fran recommended. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
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[h-cost] Colour names
Marjorie Wilser wrote : What color *IS* unburnt umber? My childhood paintbox also had "raw umber" (and raw and burnt Siena). I see raw umber is listed on the site that Fran recommended. Kate Bunting Librarian & 17th century reenactor The University of Derby has a published policy regarding email and reserves the right to monitor email traffic. If you believe this email was sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete this email. Please direct any concerns to info...@derby.ac.uk The policy is available here: http://www.derby.ac.uk/LIS/Email-Policy ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
