Notebook containing dyed yarn samples and corresponding handwritten dye recipes.

Frederick Crace Calvert (1819–1873) was a professor of chemistry at the Royal Institution, Manchester. From 1835 to 1846 he lived in France, studying chemistry under the chemist Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786-1889), who…

Cardboard box which at one time contained two dozen, wooden dye containers sealed with paper labels. Each contained an indigo fabric dye puck.

Indigo is among the oldest dyes to be used for textile dyeing and printing.…

This warped and worn nineteenth-century Italian manuscript appears to be a working manual and color inventory of a wool dyer in mid-nineteenth-century Italy. The handwritten entries are dated between 1856 and 1866,…

The gamut of purple-red tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of purple tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of blue-purple tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of blue tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of green-blue tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of green tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of yellow-green tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of yellow tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of orange tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of red-orange tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of red tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of grey tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

The gamut of orange-yellow tones from light to dark along a 20-tone scale, where positions 0 and 21 correspond to white and black respectively.

Inscribed: "10ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 9/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s tenth chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 9/10 black.

Inscribed: "9ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 8/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s ninth chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 8/10 black.

Inscribed: "8ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 7/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s eighth chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 7/10 black.

Inscribed: "7ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 6/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s seventh chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 6/10 black.

Inscribed: "6ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 5/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s sixth chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 5/10 black.

Inscribed: "4ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 3/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s fourth chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 3/10 black.

Inscribed: "3ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 2/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s third chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 2/10 black.

Inscribed: "2ème cercle chromatique de Mr. Chevreul renfermant les couleurs rabattues, à 1/10 de noir."

Chevreul’s second chromatic circle shows the 72 pure hues from Plate V subdued with 1/10 black.