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The science of colour mixing : a manual intended for the use of dyers, calico printers and colour chemists

Paterson, David, Scott, Greenwood & Co., publisher, Aberdeen University Press, printer · 1900 · London : Scott, Greenwood & Co. · 53 pictures

A technical manual on colour mixing by David Paterson, published in London by Scott, Greenwood & Co. in 1900 for dyers, calico printers and industrial colour chemists. Its figures are labelled spectrum bands, absorption curves and hatched colour wheels rendered in line and stipple, giving designers ready-made diagram grids, tonal gradient blocks and sans-serif colour-name lettering.

Color in the textile industries · Dyes and dyeing

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