Hints on tints and how to mix them : illustrated by one hundred and seventy-five specimens of tints, with an introductory essay on color and colors by Henry Leidel.
A painter's trade manual and color card issued by Henry Leidel in New York in 1893, pairing an essay on color with 175 mixed tint specimens for house and sign painters. The plates are grids of flat painted rectangles on tan card, each numbered and named in small serif type—usable as period palettes, swatch-chart layouts, and label typography.











