Colour
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A short encyclopedia entry on colour in the art of dyeing, from the first edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It lists five simple or primary colours (blue, yellow, brown, red, black) from which dyers form other colours, and names compound shades such as amaranth, violet, pansy, columbine or dove-colour, and purple-crimson. It notes that all colours made with cochineal are called crimson.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1771
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 1
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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