March 26, 2014: The Color Book

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2014, 11:43 AM

Way back in 1692 a dude called A. Boogert completed his book, his only book.
Not because he was a slouch, but because it had almost 800 pages, written by hand with quill pens, and written in Dutch...
although that's less impressive considering he lived in Holland.

I suspect back before refrigeration, the available food including the wild mushrooms, inspired him to write this book describing the hundreds of colors he saw. But more than describe, he wrote how to mix each color/tone, and hand painted a sample into the book... scores of them, maybe hundreds.

That right there is pretty damn impressive.
The shame is there was understandably only one copy, and pre-internet only a handful of people ever got to see it, but that doesn't diminish Boogert's accomplishment.

It wasn't until Pantone published their book 50 years ago, that a common reference was available.

Seen at NAG.
She got it from Erik Kwakkel via Colossal.

Undertoad · 05-26-2014, 09:16 PM

Great one xoB! I never heard of this before. The classification of colors is a pretty big deal.

xoxoxoBruce · 05-26-2014, 09:54 PM

I tried to find an article where someone had counted how many different color/tone plates are painted in the book but failed. It's hard because some pages have one and some have several, and I guess nobody wants to go through the book page by page at e-corpus.

Keep in mind this was information strictly for painters, picture painters. Paint for other things and dye for fabrics, were almost nonexistent. Except for Royalty and their buddies, "Would milady like the shawl in black or brown?"

Griff · 05-27-2014, 07:57 PM

This is brilliant nice catch B.

SPUCK · 05-28-2014, 04:34 AM

The origins of 'Navaho' and 'Sea Mist'? NoOOOOOOooooooo!

footfootfoot · 05-28-2014, 06:39 AM

color and color theory is fascinating. Jos. Albers wrote a book about the interaction of color, there's a great example on this blog:
http://lisasaeboewise.blogspot.com/2...ackground.html

xoxoxoBruce · 05-28-2014, 04:51 PM

OK, that took me a minute to figure out what the "examples from Interaction of Color" is about. The two color samples at the bottom match the samples in the squares above. They are different shades but look alike when placed on the different background colors.

That stuff is the basis for a bunch of optical illusions that have made me manipulate them because I couldn't believe what they were telling me.
Here's one...

05-26-2014, 11:43 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	March 26, 2014: The Color Book Way back in 1692 a dude called A. Boogert completed his book, his only book. Not because he was a slouch, but because it had almost 800 pages, written by hand with quill pens, and written in Dutch... although that's less impressive considering he lived in Holland. I suspect back before refrigeration, the available food including the wild mushrooms, inspired him to write this book describing the hundreds of colors he saw. But more than describe, he wrote how to mix each color/tone, and hand painted a sample into the book... scores of them, maybe hundreds. That right there is pretty damn impressive. The shame is there was understandably only one copy, and pre-internet only a handful of people ever got to see it, but that doesn't diminish Boogert's accomplishment. It wasn't until Pantone published their book 50 years ago, that a common reference was available. Seen at NAG. She got it from Erik Kwakkel via Colossal. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-26-2014, 09:54 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I tried to find an article where someone had counted how many different color/tone plates are painted in the book but failed. It's hard because some pages have one and some have several, and I guess nobody wants to go through the book page by page at e-corpus. Keep in mind this was information strictly for painters, picture painters. Paint for other things and dye for fabrics, were almost nonexistent. Except for Royalty and their buddies, "Would milady like the shawl in black or brown?" __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-27-2014, 07:57 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	This is brilliant nice catch B. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

05-28-2014, 06:39 AM	#6
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	color and color theory is fascinating. Jos. Albers wrote a book about the interaction of color, there's a great example on this blog: http://lisasaeboewise.blogspot.com/2...ackground.html __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

05-28-2014, 04:51 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	OK, that took me a minute to figure out what the "examples from Interaction of Color" is about. The two color samples at the bottom match the samples in the squares above. They are different shades but look alike when placed on the different background colors. That stuff is the basis for a bunch of optical illusions that have made me manipulate them because I couldn't believe what they were telling me. Here's one... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

05-26-2014, 09:16 PM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Great one xoB! I never heard of this before. The classification of colors is a pretty big deal.

05-28-2014, 04:34 AM	#5
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	The origins of 'Navaho' and 'Sea Mist'? NoOOOOOOooooooo!

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