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© Bernat Klein; Image © National Museums Scotland
View full screenColour Box sheet in orange colourway, one of 53 sheets of colour samples from interior of the Balancing Box or Colour Box (K.2010.94.1240.1-.2), based on the colour circle: British, designed and made by Bernat Klein, mid 1970s
K.2010.94.1240.46
Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014, Designer
Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland, Northern Europe
Mid 1970s
Cardboard, Plastic, Paper, Wool, Polyester, Silk
Black card with 79 small square plastic wallets attached to card with glue, 78 of which contain colour samples, the majority of which are painted paper, some are yarn, fibre and fabric. Based on the colour circle. The basic colour is in the top right hand corner and moving to the left from that this colour is mixed with increasing amounts of white. Working downwards from this basic colour sample the colour is mixed with increasing amounts of black. The basic colour situated at the top right of this particular sheet is orange. Colour samples individually numbered, samples on board have three part number, beginning '18/', handwritten in pencil at the base of each sample.
Klein, Bernat, 1922 - 2014
Bernat Klein: Design in Colour (05 Nov 2022 - 23 Apr 2023)
National Museum of Scotland