"For the practicing artist, to learn a pigment's color, hiding power, lightfastness, toxicity, compatibility. For the art historian, to know how an artist worked, what pigments were used, whether they were pure or mixed, opaque or transparent, layered or not. For the conservator, to devise techniques necessary for the care and conservation of works of art, to determine what is original, to repair damages, to compensate for missing portions of a painted surface. For the conservation scientist, to learn identification methods used, including optical microscopy, microchemical tests, X-ray diffraction, infrared and reflectance spectrophotometry, and electron microscopy." (publisher's description)
Table of contents:
- Volume 1: Indian Yellow; Cobalt Yellow; Barium Sulfate - Natural and Synthetic; Cadmium Yellows, Oranges, and Reds; Red Lead and Minium; Green Earth; Zinc White; Chrome Yellow and Other Chromate Pigments; Lead Antimonate Yellow; Carmine.
- Volume 2: Azurite and Blue Verditer Ultramarine Blue; Natural and Artificial Lead; White Lead-Tin; Yellow Smalt Verdigris and Copper Resinate; Vermilion and Cinnabar; Malachite and Green; Verditer; Calcium Carbonate; Whites.
- Volume 3: Egyptian Blue; Orpiment and Realgar; Indigo and Woad; Madder and Alizarin; Gamboge; Vandyke Brown; Prussian Blue; Emerald Green and Scheele's Green; Chromium Oxide Greens; Titanium Dioxide Whites.
- Volume 4: Pigments Based on Carbon; Iron Oxide Pigments; Asphalt; Cobalt Blue; Arylide (Hansa) Yellow Pigments.