Color print advertisement for the General Aniline & Film Corporation and its standardization of colored dye batches for clothes and textiles. An illustration depicts a man analyzing a potentiometer above a dye vat for a…

Color advertisement for the General Aniline & Film Corporation describing their fadeometer testing program. A fadeometer is an accelerated aging testing device that measures the colorfastness of a material - in this…

An advertisement included in a 1968 issue of Seventeen Magazine shows three women in brightly colored, Maidenform brand neon undergarments.

Print advertisement for RIT brand textile dye from Good Housekeeping magazine, May 1920. The advertisement features several color illustrations of women wearing garments colored with RIT dyes, as well as sketches of…

First edition work on dyeing techniques. This work contains 12 plates illustrating reproductions of dyed fabrics and color palettes. Illustrations in the text depict machinery and other dyeing apparatus.

The author,…

Work divided into three parts, the first providing an overview of color theory and nomenclature, the second describing advanced concepts of color measurement (e.g., spectrometry), and the third part concerning color…

Volume concerned with the science of color and applications of color science. Subjects discussed include the electromagnetic spectrum and wave theory; terminology and nomenclature of color; perception of color by the…

Volume written with the intent to apply standardized nomenclature to colors and color names. The work is self-proclaimed as one of the few "modern books on the subject of color" that is not "purely technical...…

Joseph Williams Lovibond (1833-1918) was a British brewer who developed the first practical colorimeter. After discovering that coloration was a good index for assessing the quality of his beer, he sought an accurate…

Elizabeth Fulhame was an early British chemist who invented the concept of catalysis and discovered photoreduction. Fulhame’s interest was in the reduction reaction that led to the deposition of metals. As she notes in…

An informational pamphlet concerned with the K & E Color Analyzer, a spectrophotometer developed by Keuffel & Esser, Co. (K & E). K & E was a drafting instrument and supplies company founded in 1867, making it the first…

Dye label depicting male laborers dyeing fabrics in a setting reminiscent of Islamic architecture. The racially stereotyped illustration evokes Persian indigo dye workers in Iran, where indigo dye was utilized for…

Dye label depicting a caricature of a deity figure with multiple hands and heads, stereotyping Hindu gods and goddesses. Hindu symbols were used by Badische Anilin & Soda-Fabrik (BASF) on their company's dye labels…

Dye label depicting a racially stereotyped Indian woman and child milking a cow. The woman wears a sari amidst a lush landscape. Racist caricatures of Indian people and of Hindu symbols were used by Badische Anilin &…

This 1926 volume is a comprehensive guide to the basic chemical principles, methods of use, and properties of materials considered essential to the craftsman painter. Written by Arthur Pillans Laurie (1861 – 1949), a…

Eleventh issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Eighth issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Fifth issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Third issue from the twenty-fifth volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Eighth issue from the twenty-third volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

Third issue from the twenty-third volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…

First issue from the twenty-third volume of Dyestuffs, a journal publication from the National Aniline Division of the Allied Chemical & Dye Corporation issued on a monthly to quarterly basis from 1898 to 1964…