NATURES PALETTE: A COLOUR REFERENCE SYSTEM

This colour catalogue presents elegant contemporary illustrations of every animal, plant or mineral that Patrick Syme cited in his universal nomenclature of colours 200 years ago. Readers can see for themselves Tile Red in the Cock Bullfinch’s breast, Shrubby Pimpernel and Porcelain Jasper; or admire the Berlin Blue that Syme identified on the wing feathers of a Jay, in the Hepatica flower and in Blue Sapphire. Displays of contemporary collector’s cabinets of birds, butterflies, eggs, flowers and minerals are interspersed throughout, with individual specimens matched to colour swatches.