#patrick baty

[bookcoversonly]

Title: Nature’s Palette | Author: Patrick Baty | Publisher: Princeton University Press (2021)

[horaesempre]

[theclassicengland-blog]

Castletown Cox Garden, Ireland por Patrick Baty Via Flickr: Patrick Baty was employed for many years while this magnificent house in southern Ireland was restored. Advice was given on paint type and colour on the main house and throughout the estate. The quality of the craftsmanship on this project was outstanding and the whole project run in an exemplary fashion.

[theclassicengland-blog]

Castletown Cox, Ireland por Patrick Baty Via Flickr: Patrick Baty was employed for many years while this magnificent house in southern Ireland was restored. Advice was given on paint type and colour on the main house and throughout the estate. The quality of the craftsmanship on this project was outstanding and the whole project run in an exemplary fashion.

[cbarneswrites]

My interview with color historian Patrick Baty

[colourman]

The 'Pure Greys' - a deceptively simple sequence of twelve steps between white and black.

Papers and Paints are frequently asked to make up colours in between each of these shades - it is possible to make up 18 such mini-steps - making a total of 210 possibilities.

This sort of exercise can be undertaken with most of our colours.

[colourman]

The 1980s was a decade in which so much happened in the world of decoration.  I remember bringing out the first range of Historical Colours to come on to the British paint market, which caused quite a ripple that is still with us. When not answering questions on 18th century drawing rooms we were giving advice on 'ragging', 'dragging' and the use of scumble glaze to clients.

However, towards the end of that time there was a small, but very determined, group of people asking for much brighter, almost Caribbean-inspired colours.  We still produce them - none of our colours are discontinued. If you need a bit of cheering-up they may be just the ticket.

Papers and Paints are the people to come to for colour.

[colourman]

London 1945 - The area around St Paul's showing the severity of the Blitz.

Even before the war had ended the Government had produced guidelines for the redecoration of the housing stock. In a concise and clearly laid-out pamphlet the types of paint available at the time were indicated as were the preparations required for a variety of surfaces.