Abstract
THE naming of colour is notoriously difficult, and it is unfortunate that the standard works by Ridgway, Oberthur and Dauthenay, and others, are either out of print or too expensive to have wide application. Gardeners are, perhaps, the community most in need of a comprehensive manual portraying accurate shades of colour, and the Royal Horticultural Society is to be congratulated upon its attempt to meet this pressing need. It is proposed to print a volume of a hundred colours, each in four shades, and, if successful, to follow it by a second volume of similar dimensions. The plates would be either loose in a cover, or held by a loose-leaf binder, and the estimated price is 10s. per volume. This, however, may possibly be reduced if sufficient applications follow the prospectus now issued. A specimen sheet indicates that each colour would be named, and referred also to the British Colour Council's classification, to the “Repertoire des Couleurs”, and to the standards of Ridgway and Ostwald. A brief history of the name appears, horticul tural examples are cited, and French, German, Italian and Spanish synonyms are given. The chart should have great utility, not only in the garden, but also wherever colours have to be compared with accuracy. A preliminary application form is now available, and those interested should communicate with the Royal Horticultural Society, Vincent Square, S.W.I. It is expected that the first volume will appear towards the end of 1936 or early in 1937.
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A Horticultural Colour Chart. Nature 138, 322–323 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138322d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138322d0