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A Beautiful Natural Color Encyclopedia: 1,000 Botanical and Zoological Illustrations Tracing the History of Color Charts

Japanese Book | Papercover | 2025| 290 Pages | 26.5×20cm

Publisher Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.
Author Patrick Baty (Editor), Hiroshi Ishii (Consultant Editor), Ritsuro Miyawaki (Consultant Editor), Ayako Ishida (Translator)
ISBN 9784766139938

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【Book Introduction】

In today’s world, where colors are defined with scientific precision through codes and technology, it’s difficult to imagine how people in the past described and understood color. The New Edition: A Beautiful Natural Color Encyclopedia is a fascinating book that takes us back to the 19th century to rediscover the origins of color language.

The book draws inspiration from Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours, a color classification system developed in the 19th century by naturalist Abraham Werner. This system categorized and named colors based on examples found in nature—animals, plants, and minerals. In an era before modern printing and standardized color charts, people relied on familiar elements from nature to communicate color, creating a shared visual language that transcended borders and cultures. For instance, a pure white color might be described as “newly fallen snow,” evoking an image both vivid and poetic.

The original Werner’s Nomenclature was a compact, text-based guide that listed color names along with natural references. This modern edition reimagines and visualizes that system by selecting 110 representative colors and pairing them with over 1,000 19th-century natural history illustrations—birds, flowers, insects, fish, and minerals—faithfully depicting how each color appears in nature. Reading this book feels less like consulting a color chart and more like leafing through a living encyclopedia of natural history.

The book is organized into five clear color categories: white/gray/black, blue/purple, green, yellow/orange, and red/brown. Its structure makes it an excellent reference tool. Uniquely, the book also includes a color reference section at the end tailored for fields such as printing, art, fine arts, and interior design, making it not just a collectible but a highly practical resource as well.

According to the publisher, the goal of this publication is to help readers understand the historical significance of color charts in the development of both art and science. Through these historical color names and illustrations, readers are invited to reflect on how color has shaped our perception and classification of the world.

The Beautiful Natural Color Encyclopedia is more than a journey through color—it is a voyage into the human endeavor to understand nature and document the world. Whether you are a designer, artist, naturalist, or simply a curious lover of color, this book is one to savor and treasure.

【Book Details】

Editor: Patrick Baty

Consultant Editors: Hiroshi Ishii, Ritsuro Miyawaki

Translator: Ayako Ishida

Publisher: Graphic-sha Publishing Co., Ltd.

Publication Year: 2025

Dimensions: 17 × 12 cm

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 290 pages