Pigment Compendium CDROM Author:Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall The CD offers a huge store of information about each of the many pigments stored on its database. Conservators and conservation scientists especially can use this CD to enhance their work. — The database works on numerous levels; it includes all the background information about each pigment: — · Basic data (composition, associations and notes... more »)
· Morphology
· PLM data - how pigment looks under microscope, essential for identification
· Other data references including abstracts
· Images - thumbnail and full size - giving text information of where the image is from
Searches can be refined down to the smallest detail; for example pigments can be identified by optical properties.
* Detailed, comprehensive coverage of the historic pigments
* Full analysis of physical properties and historic references
* Searchable and user-friendly database structure« less