Werner's nomenclature of colors

A table of the 110 colors described in "Werner's Nomenclature of Colors", the 1821 color reference by Patrick Syme (building on work by Abraham Gottlob Werner), notably used by Charles Darwin. Colors represent the average pixel color of each scanned swatch.

Usage

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Format

A data frame with 110 rows and 13 variables:

index

The color index.

family

The broad color category (white, red, etc).

name

The original color name.

hex

Color hex code.

Source

https://www.c82.net/werner/#colors