Colour book (out of print)
How does it happen that the cloak of an Italian Madonna from the 13th century hasn’t lost any of his blue splendour? This magical blue is one of many colours explored in this book…
Standard reference for colours
15-colour-print: With its outstanding print quality, the book focuses on the physical and sensuous side of colours and presents their diversity in pictures and texts. Hanspeter Schneider developed the elaborate printing method with 4 key colours, 5 Pantone colours and 6 different daylight luminous paints. 317 pigments and dyes: At the heart of this book is the compendium of colours including descriptions and illustrations of all the base materials and colour samples. 8 sample analyses of pigments: to reveal which pigments were used in the paintings of famous artists. 11 colour stories: 11 detailed essays about selected colours. 243 terms in the glossary: The book’s glossary consists of concise definitions and explanations of the most important terms related to materials and painting techniques.
