"Medieval Pantone" A tone color guide book of watercolor paintings written in the 17th century is on sale

It is widely used in the field of graphic design, printing, product designPantone matching systemIs one of the common criteria in the world as indispensable for increasing the certainty of color expression. Long before long before such a convenient mechanism was used, it turned out that the book to explain the toning of the watercolors written in 1692 remained until now, and the publication on the net was started.

Before Pantone, there was this hand-painted 17th century color guide | The Verge
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"Guidebook on color of watercolor paintingThis book with the title meaning "was written in Dutch in 1692. When you open the book, the illustration that you see first (left) and the inner cover that follows it (right). The book titled "Klaer lightende Spiegel der Verfkonst"A. BoogertThere is only what has been written by the author, "Author".


In the book, explanation text on the left side of the spread, and actual color sample on the right side are arranged, and how to make various colors is explained.


It is a book written about the toning of watercolors, exemplifying shades of colors that change depending on the amount of water mixed into the original paint.




Even just a light green or bluish color, this kind of color is explained.




Change from red to pink, orange ... ....



Also kind of purple.


The existence of this book was revealed in the NetherlandsLeiden UniversityMr. Erik Kwakkel who studies medieval books in. This book was discovered not in the Netherlands, it was in the collection that was collected in the French library.

Speaking of the latter half of the 17th century when this book was written, it was around the time that the national strength of the Netherlands dominated the world, and at the same timeThe Golden Age of Dutch paintingsBy the time it was called,VermeerYaRembrandtIt is an era when painters were active.


In the latter part of the book the explanation using the table is written.






The book "Watercolor's Color Guidebook" which described commentary with the color sample in the major part of all 898 pages can be viewed on the following page.

Ms.1389 _ 1228__0001.jpg - Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l'eau - Ms.1389 (1228) - E-Corpus
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