{"id":846,"date":"2019-04-11T11:43:59","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/?p=846"},"modified":"2026-05-01T11:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:33:06","slug":"material-of-the-week-robert-ridgeways-color-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/material-of-the-week-robert-ridgeways-color-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Material of the Week: Ridgeway Color Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Published: 1912, Washington D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Ridgeway was frustrated with the lack of standard nomenclature for different colors. He took it upon himself to hand dye, cut, and mount hundreds of color rectangles into his book &#8220;Color standards and color nomenclature.&#8221; Ridgeway hoped that this tome would standardize use and reference of colors. The style of the book did not catch on, but it can be considered an early iteration of the now famous Pantone color blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"su_carousel_69fb4711cbdf9\" class=\"su-carousel su-carousel-centered su-carousel-pages-no su-carousel-responsive-yes\" style=\"width:100%\" data-autoplay=\"3000\" data-speed=\"600\" data-mousewheel=\"true\" data-items=\"4\" data-scroll=\"1\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slides\"><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Color-Standards-Title-Page-e1748610720333.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Color Standards Title Page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Color-Standards-Title-Page-e1748610720333.jpg\" alt=\"Color Standards Title Page\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Color Standards Title Page<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Plate-I-Red-e1748610701267.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate I &#8211; Red\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Plate-I-Red-e1748610701267.jpg\" alt=\"Plate I &#8211; Red\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate I &#8211; Red<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Plate-II-Orange-e1748610679380.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate II &#8211; Orange\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Plate-II-Orange-e1748610679380.jpg\" alt=\"Plate II &#8211; Orange\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate II &#8211; Orange<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Plate-IV-Yellow-e1748610660485.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate IV &#8211; Yellow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/Plate-IV-Yellow-e1748610660485.jpg\" alt=\"Plate IV &#8211; Yellow\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate IV &#8211; Yellow<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8206.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate V: Yellow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8206.jpg\" alt=\"Plate V: Yellow\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate V: Yellow<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8208.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate VII: Green\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8208.jpg\" alt=\"Plate VII: Green\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate VII: Green<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8210.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate IX: Blue\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8210.jpg\" alt=\"Plate IX: Blue\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate IX: Blue<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8212.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate XI: Purple\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8212.jpg\" alt=\"Plate XI: Purple\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate XI: Purple<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-slide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8213-e1748610832118.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Plate XII: Pinks and Roses\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/concentrationfieldguide\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/75\/2019\/04\/IMG-8213-e1748610832118.jpg\" alt=\"Plate XII: Pinks and Roses\" \/><span class=\"su-carousel-slide-title\">Plate XII: Pinks and Roses<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-nav\"><div class=\"su-carousel-direction\"><span class=\"su-carousel-prev\"><\/span><span class=\"su-carousel-next\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"su-carousel-pagination\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: 1912, Washington D.C. Robert Ridgeway was frustrated with the lack of standard nomenclature for different colors. He took it upon himself to hand dye, cut, and mount hundreds of color rectangles into his book &#8220;Color standards and color nomenclature.&#8221; Ridgeway hoped that this tome would standardize use and reference of colors. 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