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Book, Coloritto, or, The Harmony of Colouring in Painting
This is a Book. It was written by J. C. Le Blon.
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.
One of the rarest and most groundbreaking books on color, J.C. Le Blon’s Coloritto formed the foundation for modern color printing and was the first publication to document the mixing of “primitive” or primary colors to create secondary colors. A printer and engraver, Le Blon sought a method for mechanically reproducing paintings with layered inks. His reduced color palette includes combinations of red, blue, yellow, white, and black, emphasizing ideal mixtures for skin tone in portraiture. It took 100 years for any other printer to be able to replicate Le Blon’s method.
It is credited Smithsonian Libraries, ND1486 .L44 .
- Proof
- 12.6 × 10.2 cm (4 15/16 in. × 4 in.).
- Gift of Horan Eng. Co..
- 1949-153-2-a/d
- Proof
- -5-d: 12.6 × 10.1 cm (4 15/16 in. × 4 in.) -5-b: 14.3 × 12.8 cm (5 5/8 ×....
- Gift of Horan Eng. Co..
- 1949-153-5-a/d
- Proof
- 12.6 × 10.1 cm (4 15/16 in. × 4 in.).
- Gift of Horan Eng. Co..
- 1949-153-6-a/d
Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.
- Book Illustration, Die schönsten Ornamente und merkwürdigsten Gemälde aus...
- lithograph on paper.
- Smithsonian Libraries, N5771 .Z34 1828.
- 92.2016.63
Its dimensions are
H x W (open): 27.9 × 43.9 cm (11 in. × 17 5/16 in.)
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
