Paint Analysis and Colour Matching

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Some of the Work that we Carry Out


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By Appointment toHer Majesty The Queen

Architectural Paint SpecialistsPapers and Paints Ltd

London

On 1st January 2007

Papers and Paints

were granted a

Royal Warrant of Appointmentto Her Majesty The Queen


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PAPERS and PAINTS

Enormous range of paint colours Friendly advice

Colour matching

Consultancy on historical decoration Established nearly 50 years


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PAPERS and PAINTS

Family business

Founded by Robert Baty

in 1960

Run by his son Patrick

for over 25 years


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Patrick Baty

Since completing aresearch degree that

focussed on the 18thcentury housepaintersmethods and materials

Patrick has advised on aconsiderable range ofrestoration projects in

the UK and USA


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Patrick Baty

Patrick comes from a line of colourists his

great grandfather, the artist Robert PolhillBevan, was described by a former director ofthe National Gallery as being perhaps the

first Englishman to use pure colour in the20th Century

Bevans wife, Stanisawa de Karowska, also

a successful artist combined a moderniststyle with colours inspired by her native

Poland


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Patrick has carried out extensive research into the useof pigments in architectural and decorative painting


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Patrick Baty has written, taught and

lectured on the use of paint and colour inarchitecture for many years

He is a member of the ExecutiveCommittee of the Georgian Group and a

Fellow of both the Royal Society of Artsand of the Society of Antiquaries of

Scotland


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Patrick Baty has run a number of paint workshops inthe UK and USA during the last fifteen years


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Patrick and his team of arts graduates have

great experience in the use of paint andcolour in buildings old and new

Apart from advising on and mixing paintcolours Papers and Paints can also assist

with the following.


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Colour Matching

Existing paint

Wallpapers and fabrics

Other objects

Either in the shop or on site


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Colour Matching

We are often asked to reproduce obsolete colours


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Corporate Colour Work

Corporate Colours

Shop Fronts & Fascias


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Estate Colours

Identifying Earlier Colour

Advice on New Colour

Experience throughout the UK


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Paint Analysis

To establish how a room once looked To date a structure

To guide the redecoration of an earlybuilding


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Colour Surveys

Colour measurements taken Existing colours identified

Maintenance schedule prepared Great savings in time and expense


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Colour Consultancy

Nearly 20 years experience on some of themost prestigious restoration projects

Consultant to the Crown, Government andmany National and private institutions

Many private clients in the UK and USA


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Colour Ranges Developed

Heritage range designed for Dulux New range for English Heritage

Ranges for the French & German markets Our own paint ranges


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Colour Ranges

Dulux Heritage Range

1994


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Colour Ranges

Little Greene /English Heritage

Range

2005


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Traditional Colours

This range is based

on a set of hand-painted colour cardsthat date from 1807.

They reflect anumber of colours in

use during the 18th

and early 19thcenturies

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Traditional Colours

Some of the original colourcards from 1807 and the

ruins of the house in whosearchives they were found


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Historical Colours

These are based on awork of 1934, which

shows a selection ofcolours used on

artefacts over the ages


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Historical Colours

The colours of

ancient Egypt werelimited. Here acouple of reds from

haematite, a greenfrom malachite and ablue from cobalt or

copper can be seen


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Historical Colours

Papers and Paints brought

out this range of historicalcolours in the mid 1980s.They were the first of such

ranges to have appearedon the market in recent

years

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1950s Colours

This range is based onsome of the colours that

we were selling when we

opened in 1960

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1950s Colours

Some of the colour cards that we used in the 1960s


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P i A l i


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Paint Analysis

The samples are set in a clear resin and numbered

P i A l i


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Paint Analysis

When the resin has set the block is cut through and polished

P i t A l i


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Paint Analysis

The samples are then examined under high magnification

P i t A l i


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Paint Analysis

A series of green schemes found on a garden door on a

Scottish estate

P i t A l i


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Paint Analysis

Occasionally furthertests are required to

establish thecomposition of a paintlayer. Here the

scanning electron

microscope confirmsthat a paint is made upof lead and zinc with

small quantities of chalk

and barytes added as anextender

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Colour Measurement

We are frequently asked to match the existing paint

colour on an object. Here a sentry box at KensingtonPalace is being measured with a spectrophotometer

Colour Measurement


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Colour Measurement

Over the last twelve years we have measured andstored several hundred thousand paint colours with

the spectrophotometer. These are stored on a PC andclose matches can be found for most new colours


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Paint Analysis

Brodie Castle

Moray

We were asked toidentify the first

scheme in the 1820s

drawing room

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Brodie Castle, Drawing Room the walls,joinery and ceiling were originally grained in

imitation of oak


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Colour Measurement

Apsley House


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Colour Measurement

Apsley House

Gate piers painted to match Portland stone. We havealso carried out a colour survey of the interior

P i A l i


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Paint Analysis

BBC

& Radio Theatre

C l S


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Colour Survey

Boodles

St Jamess

Paints matched toexisting andmaintenance

schedule prepared

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Colour Measurement

Royal Naval CollegeGreenwich

Painted Hall

Survey of existingcolours to produce ascheme for the dado

Colour Measurement


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Colour Measurement

Royal Naval College

Greenwich

Painted Hall

An average was made of

the existing colours onthe upper walls and a

match produced for the

dado

Colour Survey


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Colour Survey

Brookss, St JamessA survey was made of the existing paint coloursand a maintenance schedule prepared

P i t A l i


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Paint Analysis

Handel House

Home to the composer

George Frideric Handel

from 1723 to 1759

Colour Measurement


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Colour Measurement

Wilton House

Colour Measurement


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Colour Measurement

A fragment of the wall surfaceon a paint matched to theoverall colour of the stippled

finish

Wilton HouseLittle Smoking Room

Colour Survey


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Each web of thevaulted ceiling hadbeen painted in a

different colourwhen John Fowler

supervised the

decoration in the1960s. We carried

out a survey in order

to be able toreproduce the

coloursWilton House

Wyatt Cloisters

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Holmwood House

Glasgow

Considered the finestdomestic design by the

architect AlexanderGreek Thomson

Paint Analysis


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Holmwood HouseCupola over stairs

The cupola wasdecorated on about nineoccasions since 1857-58.

Gilding was employedon the third occasion

Paint Analysis


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Holmwood HouseDining Room

The deep pink of thefirst oil-based scheme

was composed of

vermilion and red ironoxide

Paint Analysis


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Holmwood HouseEntrance Hall

This stencilled scheme wasdiscovered to be the fifth, notthe first as had been believed

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Travellers Club

Pall Mall

Analysis and colourmatching carried outover the last 15 years

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Greenbank, Glasgow

Colour Matching


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Colour Matching

St Jamess Palace

Surfaces matched in various parts of the building

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Royal Pavilion

Brighton

Blue Verditer pigment indispersion viewed undera polarising microscope

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Hammersmith Bridge

Paint Analysis


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All elements were sampled View from the top

Hammersmith Bridge

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis

Golden Lane Estate

London

We were asked to identify

the 1962 colour schemes forthis newly-listed housing

estate

Paint Analysis


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Golden Lane Estate

Colour Measurement


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Downing Street

Initially we wereasked to match the

colour of a sentry box.Other colour work hasalso been carried out

on the interior

Paint Analysis


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Culzean Castle, Ayrshire

Paint Analysis


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Paint Analysis


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The weathered blue was agreen when first applied

The exposed bluecan be seen under

the microscope


Historical Consultancy


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Tryon Palace

North CarolinaUSA

A visit to advise on theappropriate decoration

for this 1950s

recreation of theoriginal State Capitol

Paint Analysis


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House of the Binns

West Lothian

We carried out the

analysis of the LaighHall and the High Hall

Paint Analysis


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Syon House

Great Conservatory

The original scheme of1827 was revealed

Colour and Technical Advice


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A House in Southern Ireland

Colour and Technical Advice


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A House in SouthernIreland

Numerous visits were made

during the five yearrestoration of this house.

Advice was given onappropriate colours and

types of paint

Paint Analysis


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Bennehan House

North CarolinaUSA

Analysis of a smallplantation house.Venue of several

paint workshops runby Patrick Baty ofPapers and Paints

Paint Workshops


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Bennehan House

North CarolinaUSA

Following the analysis wemade the paint and then

applied it

Colour Measurement


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Foreign Office

Not only did we identifythe original colour of

the external ironwork,

but we have alsomatched paint invarious locations

Paint Analysis


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Artillery Lane

Spitalfields

The finest 18th

centuryshopfront in

London

Paint AnalysisArtillery Lane, Spitalfields


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Scanning Electron

Microscope print-outCross section of paint

Analysis and Historical Advice


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Hampton Court PalacePrivy Garden

Paint Analysis


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Royal Festival Hall

We were asked to identify

the 1951 decorativescheme for therefurbishment


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Royal Festival Hall

Bright red was found juxtaposedwith dull green

Paint Workshops


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Eastfield Village

New York

USA

Five day courses runby Matt Mosca and

Patrick Baty of Papers

and Paints

Paint Analysis


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Newhailes, East Lothian

Paint Analysis


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Newhailes

East Lothian

We established that theDining Room had last

been painted in 1873 andthat it was not the

original scheme of 1739

that had survived

Paint Analysis


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Newhailes, East LothianUntil our investigation it was thought that this house had been

untouched by time

Colour Survey


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Syon Park

Great Hall

The painted scheme of

John Fowler has beenmeasured to enable a

seamless repaint

Paint Analysis


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Benjamin FranklinHouse

We identified the decorative

schemes that existed when thehouse was occupied byBenjamin Franklin


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Kew Palace

We have beenemployed to

advise on therestoration of thepainted schemes

that existed whenoccupied by King

George III

Colour Measurement


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Kew Palace

Analysis and Colour Survey


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Lancaster House

We carried out theanalysis of the

Grand Hall and theLong Gallery. A

colour survey was

also made of theState Rooms

Paint Analysis


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Lancaster House

Bronzed Atlas in the lantern

First bronzed scheme

Cross section of paint

from bronzedelement. It had beenpainted twice



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A private house in

CharlestonSouth Carolina

USA

Patrick Baty was askedto assist an Americanpaint analyst and to

prepare a paintspecification

Paint Analysis


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Royal Naval College, Greenwich Chapel Vestibule

Paint Analysis


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Royal Naval College

Greenwich

Chapel Vestibule

The initial scheme was astone-coloured distemper.

This was later replaced by asimilar colour in oil paint

DistemperPlaster

Colour Matching


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Kensington Palace

Orangery

Colour Matching


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Kensington Palace

Orangery

A wooden plinth hadbeen built to prevent thebase of the statue being

damaged. We were askedto produce a textured

paint in a colour to match

the Portland stone base

Colour Matching


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Kensington Palace, Orangery

The walls and panelling were measured in order toproduce matching paint colours

Analysis and Colour Matching


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Dover House

The Scottish Office

We carried out the

analysis of the Rotundaand matched paintcolours in the Scottish

Secretarys Office

Paint Analysis


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Hill of Tarvit

Fife

The external

decoration of all thebuildings on this early20th century estatewas established

Paint AnalysisHill of Tarvit, Fife


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Stables panelling by hay heck Layers of paint on panelling original

was a pale stone colour

Paint AnalysisHill of Tarvit, Fife


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External face ofstable door dark

blue now althoughgrained originally

Paint Analysis


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Welsh Non-Conformist Chapel

Oswestry

Paint Analysis


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Gilding on internal columns

Early stencilling

Welsh Non-Conformist Chapel

Paint Analysis

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Athenaeum Club

London

We carried out an

analysis of the paint onthe external stucco and

the gilded statue of

Athena

Paint Analysis

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Temple Newsam

near Leeds

We identified the 1740s

decorative scheme inthe Picture Gallery andproved that the original

flock paper had beengreen

Paint Analysis


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Fragment ofgreen flocktrapped onprimer

Temple Newsam Picture Gallery

Cross Section


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