271 Years Before Pantone, One Man Painted Every Color Imaginable In An 800
271 Years Before Pantone, One Man Painted Every Color Imaginable In An 800-Page Book Before we had Pantone Color Guide , there was no universally recognized system to identify colors. But there were attempts to make it, and probably the most impressive one came from the artist known only as A. Boogert, who back in 1692 created an impressive piece of literature about mixing colors. Handwritten in Dutch, the “Traité des couleurs servant à la peinture à l’eau“ was an 800-page long guide on color and paint that was probably the most comprehensive piece on colors at the time....