The order of colours. Colour systems and colour reference tables in 18th century Europe

在大多数不同的领域，如物理/自然哲学、化学、自然历史、绘画、印刷和染色，颜色一直是一个重要的兴趣点和研究对象。与此同时，色彩研究很少被置于历史研究的中心舞台。本课题拟从色彩系统化的具体角度分析18世纪和19世纪早期欧洲色彩研究的广度，即从牛顿到菲尔德。在两个平行但相互关联的历时研究中，它将分别收集和分析所有颜色系统和颜色参照表。它将分析这些制度本身，调查它们之间的相互关系和参照以及它们的传统路线，并将它们置于适当的文化、技术、理论和实验背景中。结果，一幅完整的18ct全景。色彩系统化和参照化的尝试将会出现。该项目的一个特别挑战是找到对大量系统进行分组和分类的适当标准。此外，该项目还将详细分析自然历史和技术发展在色彩系统化中的作用。为了实现其目标，该项目将结合详细的分析和包罗万象的研究。

Colours have at all times been an important point of interest and research, in most different fields such as physics/ natural philosophy, chemistry, natural history, painting, printing and dyeing. At the same time, colour research has only rarely been put centre stage in historical research. The present project proposes to analyze, under the specific aspect of colour systematization, the full breadth of European colour research for the important period of the 18th and early 19th centuries, i.e. from Newton to Field. In two parallel, but connected diachronic studies, it will collect and analyze all colour systems and colour reference tables, respectively. It will analyze those systems in their own right, investigate their mutual relations and references and their tradition lines, and situate them in their proper cultural, technical, theoretical and experimental context. As a result, a fullfledged panorama of 18th ct. attempts of colour systematization and reference will emerge. A particular challenge for the project is to find appropriate criteria of grouping and classifying the large number of systems. The project will analyze in detail, moreover, the role of natural history and of technical developments in colour systematization. To reach its goals, the project will combine detailed analysis and encompassing prosopographic research.