Fontana’s table of value
(according to Sotheby’s& Christies)
Red & Gold (most expensive)
Silver
White
Orange
pink
green
brown
Werner’s Nomencalture of Colours:
Published in 1821. It lists 110 colours with examples of animals, vegetables and minerals that share the same tone. Another book, Cercles chromatiques de M.E. Chevreul from 1861, consists of a sequence of 11 colour wheels. The first is divided into 72 pure colours. In the subsequent wheels, 10 per cent black is added until the last wheel is completely dark, colourless
