What color is the marigold, the brimstone butterfly or the flint? In order to describe nature precisely, a binding naming of the colors is essential. For this reason, Abraham Gottlob Werner created a nomenclature in the 18th century that precisely describes 79 color tones based on fossils. In order to make this color system applicable to other fields of knowledge and art, the Scottish plant painter Patrick Syme added 31 color tones to Werner’s color nomenclature in 1814 and added examples from zoology, botany, chemistry, mineralogy and anatomy. With its color charts and colored examples, Werner’s nomenclature provided - long before Pantone fans existed - the standardized reference to which one could refer when describing any object. This important cultural-historical treasure is now being published in German for the first time – in a bibliophile edition that is ideal as a book gift. Abraham Gottlob Werner (1749-1817) was a German mineralogist, geologist and miner at the Bergakademie in Freiberg in Saxony. In 1774 he wrote On the External Characteristics of Fossils, describing a classification system that could be used to identify minerals based on key characteristics such as color and luster.

• Isbn 978-3-258-60201-1
• Ean 9783258602011
• Author Patrick Syme
• Editor Haupt Verlag
• Language de_CH