A colour reference system from the natural world

Introduction: The origins, development and influence of Werner's Nomenclature of Colours / Patrick Baty

Whites, greys and blacks: 1. Werner's mineralogical system and how his Nomenclature of Colours became Syme's colour standard / Peter Davidson

Blues and purples: 2. Colours in zoology: subjective or systematic? / Elaine Charwat

Greens: 3. Syme's colour chart in botany: origin and impact / Giulia Simonini

Yellows and oranges: 4. One for all? Werner's Nomenclature of Colours as a general standard of colour and its particular use in medicine / André Karliczek

Reds and browns

References for the contemporary printer, artist and decorator

Bibliography

Sources of illustrations

Index

Acknowledgments.