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  • Many problems in industry, commerce, science and medicine can be solved by means of colour and colour-measuring methods : a Lovibond comparator and a set of colour standards may be the answer to your problems / Tintometer Limited.
  • Optics: crystals exhibiting interference colours. Colour mezzotint [?] by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883, after J. Silbermann.
  • A crowned woman in red holding a rose-topped caduceus; she is suspended in a circle of water; a cherub blows wind from above; representing a stage in the process of alchemy. Coloured etching, ca. 18th century.
  • Men vainly seeking alchemical 'white' (mercurial) water in the ground and in trees. Coloured etching after etching, ca. 17th century.
  • Many problems in industry, commerce, science and medicine can be solved by means of colour and colour-measuring methods : a Lovibond comparator and a set of colour standards may be the answer to your problems / Tintometer Limited.
  • A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king, dressed in red, representing the culmination of the alchemical process. Watercolour painting.
  • A moon above a queen dressed in blue, and a sun above a king dressed in red; representing two alchemical principles: the dissolving 'lac virginis' (mercury) and the coagulating masculine principle (sulphur). Watercolour painting.
  • A red-faced sun rises above a city; stunted trees stand in the foreground; representing either the culmination of the alchemical work or the star of hope that inspires the alchemist through his tribulations. Watercolour painting.
  • Optics: spectra of various stars, including our sun. Coloured process print by Cassell.
  • A peacock in a crowned alchemical flask; representing the stage in the alchemical process when the substance breaks out into many colours. Watercolour painting.
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Works

  • view Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.
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    Optics: a colour-circle, after M. E. Chevreul. Colour aquatint (?) by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1868.

    | Date: 1868 | Reference: 47500i
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    Farben der Gesundheit : das Planungshandbuch für Gestalter im Gesundheitswesen = Colours of health & care : the planning manual for designers in the healthcare sector / herausgeber, Wolf D. Karl ; Axel Venn, Herbert Schmitmeier, Janina Venn-Rosky ; translation into English, Bianca Murphy.

    Venn, Axel | Date: [2011]
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    Optics: emission spectra of various metals. Colour aquatint by R.H. Digeon, ca. 1883.

    | Date: 1883 | Reference: 47499i
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    Hospital color and decoration / Raymond P. Sloan.

    Sloan, Raymond P | Date: 1944
  • view Die Physiologie der Farben : für die Zwecke der Kunstgewerbe / auf Anregung der Direction des kaiserlich Oesterreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie bearbeitet von Ernst Brücke.
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    Die Physiologie der Farben : für die Zwecke der Kunstgewerbe / auf Anregung der Direction des kaiserlich Oesterreichischen Museums für Kunst und Industrie bearbeitet von Ernst Brücke.

    Brücke, Ernst Wilhelm von, 1819-1892 | Date: 1866
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