Love colors
Are you like me a bit of a color geek perhaps this will fascinates you:
In 1692 the Golden Age of Dutch Painting an artist known as “A. Boogert” wrote a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors.
Not only did he describe a bit about the use of color in painting, but he went on explaining how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two, or three parts of water.
Nearly 900 handwritten (and painted) pages, Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau, was probably the most comprehensive guide to paint and color of its time.
According to Medieval book historian Erik Kwakkel who translated part of the introduction, the color book was intended as an educational guide.
Sadly it was only a single copy that was probably seen by very few eyes.
You can view the entire book here, and read a description of it here.
The book is currently kept at the Bibliothèque Méjanes in Aix-en-Provence, France. (via Erik Kwakkel)
