In the days before paint chips, manufacturers of paint made sample books like the one above to advertise the variety of tints and hues available to artists. Today, these books are helpful sources of information to conservators on identifying artists’ materials.
Page through the digitized copy of Specimen tints of Winsor & Newton’s artists’ oil and water colours here.
#MaterialWorld: Staff that curate and provide access to the Conservation Collection will share books from the collection and why they are valuable to the conservation field.

















