# Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours

Canonical URL: https://colorcurio.us/library/werner-nomenclature
Source type: Library entry
Resource URL: https://www.c82.net/werner/
Added: 2026-09-28

## Summary

An interactive re-creation of Patrick Syme’s 19th-century color guide, each swatch named for an animal, plant, or mineral.

The guide Darwin carried on the Beagle, rebuilt so every swatch links to the examples that define it.

- Resource: [Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours](https://www.c82.net/werner/)
- By: Nicholas Rougeux
- Kind: references (tool)
- Level: beginner
- Tags: color-theory, pigments, artist, interactive, reference, web

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