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The Traditional Colour Range

Some Paint Colours of the 18th and early 19th Centuries

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The colours in the Traditional Colour Range are a number of those in use by the house-painter between 150 and 300 years ago.

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The colours have been taken from three main sources:

  • a set of painters' sample cards dating from 1807;

  • the research of two of the foremost authorities in the subject;

  • colour matches of early paint recipes using near-original ingredients.

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A full explanation can be seen on more information on the Traditional Colours.

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Hand-painted sets of colour cards are available for sale.

The set consists of eight cards, each card displaying eight colours.  An explanatory brochure is enclosed, together with a price list.

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For many reasons, your monitor may not be showing the paint colours accurately.
Please ensure that you obtain a set of colour cards, and preferably a sample pot, before buying greater quantities of paint.

 

Cost of colour cards

For colour card prices, and for enquiries about other ranges not displayed on our website, please contact us on 020 7352 8626 or send your email to enquiries@papers-paints.co.uk

Colour cards for other ranges are also available: see Historical Colours, Off Whites and 1950s Colours.

 

Orders for colour cards can be made by telephone, letter or fax. Currently we do not have secure encryption facilities for placing orders on the Internet.

 

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Last modified: Wednesday, 13 January, 2010