Dyer’s color triangle (silk).
Mayer-style triangles continue to be used as tools to test colors and match shades for pigments and dyes. This example calibrates red, yellow and blue shades of Irgalan dyes, a type of synthetic dye often used by art conservators, but any three colors might be combined in this system.
Source: Made by Shirley Eng for the Conservation Laboratory of the Museum at FIT (Fashion Institute of Technology).
Credit: Courtesy The Museum at FIT. Photograph by Irving Solero.
Interesting technique, definitely worth trying out some time!
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Interesting technique, definitely worth trying out some time!
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