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• Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1664), by Robert Boyle (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery, Written by Himself (New Bedford, MA: Press of B. Lindsey, 1847), by Leonard Black (HTML and TEI at UNC)

• The Scandal of Father Brown (1935), by G. K. Chesterton (text in Australia; NO US ACCESS)
• The Secret of Father Brown (c1927), by G. K. Chesterton
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia
• The Incredulity of Father Brown (1926), by G. K. Chesterton
  • illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Australia
  • text at Gutenberg Australia
• The Innocence of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton
  • HTML at CCEL
  • Gutenberg text and audio reading
• The Innocence of Father Brown (New York: The Macaulay Co., c1911), by G. K. Chesterton
  • page images at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Wisdom of Father Brown, by G. K. Chesterton
  • HTML at CCEL
  • Gutenberg text and audio reading

• The Queer Limit of Black Memory: Black Lesbian Literature and Irresolution (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c2013), by Matt Richardson (PDF at Ohio State)

• Anthropology of Color: Interdisciplinary Multilevel Modeling (Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007), ed. by Robert E. MacLaury, Galina V. Paramei, and Don Dedrick (PDF files with commentary at John Benjamins e-Platform)
• Werner's Nomenclature of Colours, by Patrick Syme, ed. by Nicholas Rougeux, contrib. by Abraham Gottlob Werner (illustrated HTML at c82.net)

• Anthropology of Color: Interdisciplinary Multilevel Modeling (Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2007), ed. by Robert E. MacLaury, Galina V. Paramei, and Don Dedrick (PDF files with commentary at John Benjamins e-Platform)

• Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green (Maysville, KY: Republican Printing Office, 1888), by Elisha Winfield Green (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)

• An Essay on Symbolic Colours, in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and Modern Times (London: J. Weale, 1845), by Frédéric Portal, ed. by W. S. Inman (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Historical Color Guide: Primitive to Modern Times (New York: W. Helburn, c1938), by Elizabeth Burris-Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Color and its Applications (second edition; New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1921), by Matthew Luckiesh (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Goethe's Theory of Colours (based on the 1840 edition), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, ed. by Charles Lock Eastlake (illustrated HTML with commentary at theoryofcolor.org)
• Goethe's Theory of Colours: Translated from the German, With Notes (London: J. Murray, 1840), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, ed. by Charles Lock Eastlake (multiple formats at Google)
• Manual of the Science of Colour: On the True Theory of the Colour-Sensations and the Natural System (London: Chapman and Hall, 1871), by William Benson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Harmonies of Tones and Colours Developed by Evolution (with supplement; London and New York: Marcus Ward and Co., 1883-1885), by F. J. Hughes
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (London: Printed for H. Herringman, 1664), by Robert Boyle (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)

• Tratado Instructivo y Práctico Sobre el Arte de la Tintura: Reglas Experimentadas y Metódicas para Tintar Sedas, Lanas, Hilos de Todas Clases y Esparto en Rama (in Spanish; Madrid: Imp. de Blas Román, 1778), by Luis Fernández
  • multiple formats at Google
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF in Spain

• Dissertation sur la Cause Physique de la Couleur des Negres, de la Qualité de Leurs CHeveux,et de la Degeneration de l'un et de l'Autre (in French; Paris: Pierre-Guillaume Simon, 1741) (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Discourse Intended to Commemorate the Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus: Delivered at the Request of the Historical Society in Massachusetts, on the 23d day of October, 1792, Being the Completion of the Third Century Since That Memorable Event; To Which Are Added Four Dissertations (Boston: Belknap and Hall, 1792), by Jeremy Belknap
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • HTML at Evans TCP

• The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe (c2006), by Sarah Lowengard (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at gutenberg-e.org)

• The Human Aura: Astral Colors and Thought Forms, by Swami Panchadasi (Gutenberg text)

• Color Psychology and Color Therapy: A Factual Study of the Influence of Color on Human Life (revised edition; Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, c1961), by Faber Birren (page images at HathiTrust)

• On the Influence of the Blue Color of the Sky in Developing Animal and Vegetable Life (10th edition; Philadelphia: Inquirer book and job print, 1871), by A. J. Pleasonton (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe (c2006), by Sarah Lowengard (illustrated HTML and PDF with commentary at gutenberg-e.org)

• Color in Sketching and Rendering (New York: Reinhold Pub. Corp., 1935), by Arthur L. Guptill, contrib. by John Floyd Yewell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Color and Shape in American Indian Art (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983), by Zena Pearlstone (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
• The Painter's Palette and How to Master It (New York: Baker and Taylor Co., c1913), by Bolton Brown (page images at HathiTrust)
• Practical Hints on Colour in Painting, Illustrated by Examples From the Works of the Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools (second edition), by John Burnet (zipped illustrated HTML at aisthesthai.tk)
• The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts (third edition; London : H. G. Bohn, 1860), by M. E. Chevreul, trans. by Charles Martel
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Munsell Color Charts for Plant Tissues (first edition; Baltimore: Munsell Color Co., 1952), by Munsell Color (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Colorimetric Determination of Traces of Metals (New York: Interscience Publishers, 1944), by E. B. Sandell (page images at HathiTrust)

• French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)

• The Binding of Books: An Essay in the History of Gold-Tooled Bindings (second edition), by Herbert P. Horne (page images at CMU)

• The House Painter, or, Decorator's Companion (London: Thomas Kelly, 1841), by W. Mullinger Higgins (page images with commentary at Smithsonian)

• Varnishes, Lacquers, Printing Inks and Sealing-Waxes: Their Raw Materials and Their Manufacture; To Which is Added, The Art of Varnishing and Lacquering, Including the Preparation of Putties and of Stains for Wood, Ivory, Bone, Horn, and Leather (Philadelphia: H.C. Baird and Co., 1893), by William T. Brannt (page images at HathiTrust)
• French Polishing and Enamelling: A Practical Work of Instruction (fourth edition; London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1910), by Richard Bitmead (Gutenberg text)

• Natural Dyeing Notes (Preble, NY: 7 Valley Weavers Guild, ca. 1972), by Catherine Bailey Miranda (page images at HathiTrust)
• Natural Dyes (Boston: B. Humphries Inc., c1950), by Sallie Pease Kierstead (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Shall America Remain the Only Important Country at the Mercy of the German Chemists?" Address by Joseph H. Choate, Jr., Counsel, the Chemical Foundation, at 21st Annual Meeting of the National Civic Federation (New York: Chemical Foundation, 1921), by Joseph Hodges Choate (rotated page images at HathiTrust)

• Principia of Ethnology: The Origin of Races and Color, With an Archeological Compendium of Ethiopian and Egyptian civilization, From Years of Careful Examination and Enquiry (second edition; Philadelphia: Harper and Brother, 1880), by Martin Robison Delany (page images at HathiTrust)

• Language Strategies for the Domain of Colour (Studies in Diversity Linguistics #3; Berlin: Language Science Press, 2015), by Joris Bleys (PDF with commentary at langsci-press.org)

• Harmonies of Tones and Colours Developed by Evolution (with supplement; London and New York: Marcus Ward and Co., 1883-1885), by F. J. Hughes
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust

• Nestling Mouth Markings and Colors of Old World Finches Estrildidae: Mimicry and Coevolution of Nesting Finches and Their Vidua Brood Parasites (2005), by Robert B. Payne (PDF at Michigan)

• White Indians of Darien (New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, c1934), by Richard Oglesby Marsh (page images at HathiTrust)

• Munsell Color Charts for Plant Tissues (first edition; Baltimore: Munsell Color Co., 1952), by Munsell Color (Firm) (page images at HathiTrust)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.