Description
1997 re-print of the popular W&N booklet, first published over 100 years ago, an indispensable resource for Artists.
These are old shop stock and the covers reflect the wear and tear of being sat on a shelf for over 20 years, but the insides are completely legible.
Published as a response to the 1881 independent investigation into the action of light on watercolours, containing information about all the latest pigments. The contents include:
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Statement of Policy 1892
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Addendum 1997
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Permanence
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Historical Notes on pigments and colours
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Composition and permanence tables
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Synonymous colour names
"We do not fear disclosure as we know it takes very much more than just chemical constituents to make Winsor & Newton products"
Both the booklet provides detailed tables for each medium which list for each colour:
Code
Colour Name
Chemical Description
Colour Index Generic Name (eg P Br7) and Colour Index No.
Permanence rating / permanence series (by W&N)
ASTM rating (this is the rating by ASTM)
Characteristics eg transparency/opacity; granulating; staining; bleeding and binder used.
For products including Artists (now Professional) & Cotman watercolours and designers Gouache
Artists, Griffin Alkyd, Artisan and Winton Oil Colours
Finity Artists Acrylic Colour (now called Professional Acrylic)
Artists Soft Pastels & Oilbars, both of which no longer produced.
- Soft Cover
- 25 pages
- Published by Winsor & Newton 1997
- Approx. 210 x 144 mm
Specifications
Brand
Own Brand
Categories
Drawing and Painting Books
Category
Artist Bibles