Abstract
SummaryColor charts for use in taxonomic descriptions of plants and animals have been published from time to time since 1686. A listing of these includes about 30 titles, some of which have been published in more than one edition. The most important color charts and treatises dealing with color terminology for naturalists are commented upon in chronological order of publication. Standard abbreviations are used to refer to the more or less currently available color atlases: R.C. (1905 — Répertoire de Couleurs), M.S. (1929—Munsell Book of Color), C.U.C. (1936—Séguy's Code universel des Couleurs), H.C.C. (1939/42— [British] Horticultural Colour Chart), P.F.A. (1957—[German] Horticultural Color Chart), R.H.S.C.C. (1966—R.H.S. Colour Chart), and M.C.C. (1970—Rayner's Mycological Colour Chart).
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