Color in a New Light

From chemistry to couture, feathers to physics, color is a topic that links science, history, art and culture. This collection includes books featured in the exhibition "Color in a new Light" as well as rare and interesting titles from across the Libraries collections that reveal the many ways we use, understand, and see color.

Ancient and modern colours from the earliest periods to the present time

Linton, William

Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman

1852

Aniline colors on cotton yarn

Badische Company (N.Y.); Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik

Badische Company

[19--]

Architects specifications covering the application of Benjamin Moore & Co. paints

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1931

Atlas of the Munsell color system

Munsell, A. H.

Wadsworth, Howland & Co., inc., Printers

c1915

Color problems

Vanderpoel, Emily Noyes

Longmans, Green

1903

Coloritto, or, The harmony of colouring in painting

Le Blon, J. C.

s.n.

172-?]

Colour decoration of architecture

Ward, James

Chapman and Hall, Ltd

1913

Colour in woven design

Beaumont, Roberts

Whittaker & Co

1890

Concealing-coloration in the animal kingdom

Thayer, Gerald Handerson; Thayer, Abbott Handerson

The Macmillan Co.

1909

Costume Color Council presents costume color families for fall, 1950

Costume Color Council.; Dan River Mills Inc.; John R. Evans & Co.; Julius Kayser & Co.; Stehli & Co., Inc.; Worumbo Manufacturing Co.; I.A. Wyner Co.

s.n.

1950

Cover of De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs et de l'assortiment des objets colorés, considéré d'après cette loi dans ses rapports avec la pein

De la loi du contraste simultané des couleurs atlas

Chevreul, M. E.; Kaeppelin et cie.,

chez Pitois-Levrault et cie. ...

1839

Cover of Dealers descriptive catalog- paints, varnishes, muresc

Dealers descriptive catalog: paints, varnishes, muresco

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1938

Decorating notes

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1931

Cover of Description of decorative finishe

Description of decorative finishes

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1935

Die Farbenlehre im hinblick auf Kunst und Kunstgewerbe

Bezold, Wilhelm von

G. Westermann

1874

Elementary color

Bradley, Milton

Milton Bradley co

[c1895]

Ensemble v.2:no.3 (summer 2004)

Benjamin Moore & Co.

summer 2004

Field's chromatography

Field, George; Taylor, J. Scott

Windsor and Newton

1885

Garment dyeing and cleaning

Hurst, George H.

C. Griffin & Company, Limited

1901

House built on sand

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1935

Impervo surfacer

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1927

Industrial maintenance coatings

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Cover of Interior and exterior decoratio

Interior and exterior decoration

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1927

Moor-O-Matic universal color system

Benjamin Moore & Co.

196-?]

Mooramel

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1927

Moore's cement coating

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1927

Cover of MOORE'S HOUSE COLORS READY FOR USE, A PURE LINSEED OIL PAIN

MOORE'S HOUSE COLORS READY FOR USE, A PURE LINSEED OIL PAINT

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Cover of Moore's interior gloss for walls and woodwor

Moore's interior gloss for walls and woodwork

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1927

Cover of Moore's pure linseed oil house pain

Moore's pure linseed oil house paint

Benjamin Moore & Co.

1927

Moore's superfine coach & auto colors

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Manufactured by Benjamin Moore & Co.

[1926?]

Moore's superfine coach and car colors

Benjamin Moore & Co.

Manufactured by Benjamin & Moore Co.

[189-?]

Muresco for wall and ceiling decoration

Benjamin Moore & Co.

[1939?]

$Cover of Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light$

Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflexions and colours of light

Newton, Isaac

Printed for Sam. Smith, and Benj. Walford

1704

148. After his first publication in optics (see Herald 144), Newton continued to study optics, and finally in 1704 he published this collection of his studies.