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Moses Harris's The Natural System of Colours and its later representations
Author(s) -
Spillmann Werner
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
color research and application
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1520-6378
pISSN - 0361-2317
DOI - 10.1002/col.20041
Subject(s) - painting , hue , art , natural (archaeology) , art history , facsimile , mathematics , combinatorics , computer science , artificial intelligence , history , telecommunications , archaeology , transmission (telecommunications)
In this article the only complete copy of the very rare Natural System of Colours by Moses Harris (ca. 1770) is reproduced. The color plates of the two hue circles are compared to those in the second edition of Harris's work (1811) as well as the so‐called facsimile edition by Faber Birren of 1963. Comparisons are also made against later reproductions and modifications of these circles, including those by Mérimée and Varley. The small number of authentic representations are identified. Four versions of the central triangles of the “prismatic” color circle are compared, including that by the painter J. M. W. Turner. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Col Res Appl, 29, 333–341, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/col.20041