Writing

Patrick Baty has published a number of articles which are listed below. He has also contributed to or revised a number of books on colour and decoration, including: Paint Magic, Colour in Decoration, Paint, The Complete Paint Book, The Impact of Modern Paints, Regency Style, Adam Style, Palladian Style, and The Georgian Group Guide to the Georgian House. 

Some published works:

• "Palette of Historic Paints." Country Life, 20 Feb. 1992: 56-57.
• "Comment." [On the new restrictions on the use of lead paint] Country Life, 30 Apr. 1992: 44.
• "Palette of the Past." Country Life, 3 Sep. 1992: 44-47.
• "External Paintwork." The Building Conservation Directory 1993. 1993: 89.
• "A Potted History." Perspectives on Architecture. April 1994: 70-71.
• "My True Colours." The Architects' Journal. 15 June 1994: 50.
• "The Role of Paint Analysis in the Historic Interior." The Journal of Architectural Conservation. March 1995: 27-37.
• "To Scrape or Not to Scrape ?" Traditional Paint News, Vol 1 No 2 October 1996: 9-15.
• "Some Myths Laid to Rest." Traditional Paint News, Vol 1 No 2 October 1996: 39-46.
• "Getting the Measure of Colour." Historic House, Vol 24 No 4 November 2000: 40-42.
• "Some Tips on Commissioning Paint Analysis." In Layers of Understanding: Setting Standards for Architectural Paint Research Proceedings of a seminar held on 28th April 2000. Donhead Publishing, Dorset. 2002.
• House Decoration, by Paul Hasluck. An introduction to the facsimile edition. Donhead Publishing, Dorset. 2001.
• "Just How Authentic are Authentic Colour Schemes?" The Professional Painter & Decorator, August/September 2001: 26-28.
• "Inspired by the Past?" In John Fowler: The Invention of the Country-House Style. Donhead Publishing, Dorset. 2005. This paper follows the English Heritage/Traditional Paint Forum conference Inspired by the Past that took place in London on 4th July 2001.
• "The Colours of Chelsea." The Chelsea Society Report 2003.
• "The Colours of Calke." The World of Interiors December 2007: 139-143.
• "Exterior Colour on the Smaller Town House" in Materials & Skills for Historic Building Conservation. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford. 2008.
• "The Colourful Past of the Royal Festival Hall," Traditional Paint News, Vol 2 No 3 February 2008: 95-111.
• "Straws from Cumberland Market" in the catalogue for an exhibition of works of art at Southampton City Art Gallery entitled "A Countryman in Town: Robert Bevan and the Cumberland Market Group”. 26th September to 14th December 2008.
• "The Colourful Past of the Royal Festival Hall" in Architectural Finishes in the Built Environment. Archetype Books, London. 2009.
• "The Uses of Colour in Ornamental and Architectural Ironwork: 1660-1960" Traditional Paint News, Vol 3 No 1 May 2010: 24-29.
• "Has Traditional Oil Paint had its day?" Traditional Paint News, Vol 3 No 1 May 2010: 46-51.

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