Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History

From the fascinating article by The Public Domain Review: “Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History”
https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/colour-wheels-charts-and-tables-through-history/

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s representation of the three-sided color graph developed by the astronomer and mapmaker Tobias Mayer.

Johann Heinrich Lambert’s three-dimensional adaptation of Tobias Mayer’s triangle.

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1. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s representation of the three-sided color graph developed by the astronomer and mapmaker Tobias Mayer. 2. Johann Heinrich Lambert’s three-dimensional adaptation of Tobias Mayer’s triangle. From the fascinating article by The Public Domain Review: "Colour Wheels, Charts, and Tables Through History" https://publicdomainreview.org/collections/colour-wheels-charts-and-tables-through-history/ #color #triaxial #stains #masonstains #glaze #glazes #glazerecipes #ceramics #pottery #ceramicglazes #glazechemistry #glazy

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