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Book, Elementary Color
This is a Book. It was written by Milton Bradley and published by Milton Bradley Co..
This object is not part of the Cooper Hewitt's permanent collection. It was able to spend time at the museum on loan from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives as part of Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
Board game pioneer Milton Bradley sought to educate adults and children about color. As a manufacturer of art supplies and color measurement tools, he was fascinated with finding a precise method for identifying and reproducing colors. Bradley promoted his color wheel as a device that could scientifically match and measure colors using rotating colored disks.
It is credited Gift of Walter Granville, Smithsonian Libraries, ND1489 .B811 1895.
![Double paged book plate showing a color chart on the right hand page which is split into rectangles, three wide and nine long. The colors start white at the top darken through pink, red and burgundy to black. The second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh and eighth row have letters on the left f, d, b, i, k and m. The colors are also labelled underneath each rectangle on the second to eighth rows: [Hermosa Pink, La France Pink, Shrimp Pink, Eosine Pink, Geranium Pink, Strawberry Pink, Begonia Rose, Rose Doree, Peach Red, Spectrum Red, Scarlet Red, Scarlet, Carmine, Nopal Red, Brazil Red, Ox-blood Red, Garnet Brown, Morocco Red, Victoria Lake, Maroon, Claret Brown]. While the three columns are labeled Red, OR and OOR. In the top right corner black text states that this is [Plate 1]. The left hand page apears to be translucent so that text from the previous page is visible through it.](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/337936_74ccc312d22761b6_n.jpg "Book, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature")
- Book, Color Standards and Color Nomenclature
- letterpress with collage on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, QC495 .R54.
- 92.2016.24
- Book, Color Problems: A Practical Manual for the Lay Student of Color
- offset lithograph on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, QC495 .V3 1903.
- 92.2016.31
- Sample Book, Standard Color Card of America, 9th Edition
- label: board covers, printed cardboard pages, silk samples.
- Gift of The Color Association of the United States, Inc..
- 1960-82-1
Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
- Bookplate, Farbmesstafel (Color Table)
- letterpress with collage on paperboard.
- Smithsonian Libraries, QC495.2 .O88 1939.
- 92.2016.51
Its dimensions are
H x W (open): 20.3 × 27.9 cm (8 × 11 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
