The Library of Rare Colors
Tom Scott pays a visit to the Library of Rare Colors in this recent video.
The Forbes Pigment Collection at the Harvard Art Museums is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations from forgeries. It’s not open to the public, because it’s a working research library — and because some of the pigments in there are rare, historic, or really shouldn’t be handled by anyone untrained.
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