The Library of Rare Colors

Tom Scott

Published on Mar 18, 2019

The Forbes Pigment Collection at the Harvard Art Museums is a collection of pigments, binders, and other art materials for researchers to use as standards: so they can tell originals from restorations from forgeries. It's not open to the public, because it's a working research library -- and because some of the pigments in there are rare, historic, or really shouldn't be handled by anyone untrained. More about the Forbes Pigment Collection: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art... The Harvard Art Museums: https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/