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Before Pantone, there was a 19th Century Colour Dictionary for Nature's Poetry
Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, first published in 1814 by Patrick Syme, housed in the Natural History Museum Library’s Special Collections © Farrow & Ball "Streak from the eye of the kingfisher" for a buff orange. "Flower of deadly nightshade" for a brownish purple red. "Decayed leaves of