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

颜色一直是兴趣和研究的一个重要点，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。与此同时，色彩研究很少在历史研究中占据中心地位。本项目建议在颜色系统化的具体方面下分析18世纪和19世纪初欧洲颜色研究的全部广度，即从牛顿到菲尔德。在两个平行的，但连接的历时研究，它将收集和分析所有的颜色系统和颜色参考表，分别。它将分析这些系统本身，调查它们的相互关系和参考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。因此，一个完整的全景18 ct。将出现色彩系统化和参照的尝试。该项目面临的一个特殊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。为了达到其目标，该项目将联合收割机结合详细的分析和包括人相学研究。

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.