06/18/2014
271 years before Pantone.
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/05/color-book/
In 1692 an artist known only as "A. Boogert" sat down to write a book in Dutch about mixing watercolors. Not only would he begin the book with a bit about the use of color in painting, but would go on to explain how to create certain hues and change the tone by adding one, two,