Colour as a means of art : being an adaptation of the experience of professors to the practice of amateurs
Colour as a means of art is an 1838 London treatise by Frank Howard, published by Joseph Thomas and sold by Charles Tilt and Simpkin and Marshall, written to bring the methods of professional painters to amateur practice. Its plates are soft tonal studies in muted greens, greys, blues and occasional warm reds, with blurred edges and dark masses set against pale grounds, showing how colour can build mood and depth with few marks, a useful reference for atmospheric tonal palettes and loose, misty compositions.
