In January 1835, George Field's Chromatography, or, A Treatise on Colours and Pigments, and of Their Powers in Painting, &c. was published. Field examines all available pigments, based on his scientific tests, relations among colors, and color as a symbolic and moral force. Image: George Field by David Lucas, 1845; after Richard Rothwell mezzotint (1839) © National Portrait Gallery, London. Used with permission.
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Linda M. Shires, “On Color Theory, 1835: George Field’s Chromatography“
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