Colour Chart, Les Gobelins, Le Mobilier National, Paris, France

Woman selecting coloured wool samples from NIMES, the Colour Chart of the Mobilier National, in the Atelier de Teinture et Nuancier, or Dyeing and Colour Chart Workshops, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 1838 Eugene Chevreul created his chromatic circle, with 3 base colours giving 72 tones and 14,400 colours, which is now digitised and used for mixing synthetic dyes. The current colour chart was devised in 1986 and contains samples of dyed wool in all colours, sorted by hue, clarity, saturation as well as a digital database. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Image Size: 8478x5786 / 10.1MB; www.manuelcohen.com; 13th arrondissement 1986 75013 Atelier de Teinture Atelier de Teinture et Nuancier cabinet capital city chart choosing chromatic circle city classification collection color chart color image color mixing colour chart colour image colour mixing colour sampling conservation database decorative arts digital drawer dye dyeing Eugene Chevreul Europe European factory France French furniture collection Garde-Meuble de la Couronne Gobelins Manufactory Gobelins tapestry government department heritage history horizontal Ile de France Ile-de-France indoors inside interior Le Mobilier National Les Gobelins Manufacture des Gobelins Ministry of Culture Mobilier National national furniture collection NIMES Nuancier Nuancier du Mobilier National Paris Parisian sample sampling selecting shade state department state furniture storage tapestry textiles tincture tone Western Europe Western European woman wool work working workshop
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Woman selecting coloured wool samples from NIMES, the Colour Chart of the Mobilier National, in the Atelier de Teinture et Nuancier, or Dyeing and Colour Chart Workshops, at the Gobelins Manufactory, a historic tapestry workshop, at Le Mobilier National, which commissions and conserves state furniture, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 1838 Eugene Chevreul created his chromatic circle, with 3 base colours giving 72 tones and 14,400 colours, which is now digitised and used for mixing synthetic dyes. The current colour chart was devised in 1986 and contains samples of dyed wool in all colours, sorted by hue, clarity, saturation as well as a digital database. Picture by Manuel Cohen