Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664)

Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours by the Honourable Robert Boyle is the beginning of an Experimental History of Colours. The author a Fellow of the Royal Society presents a collection of essays originally written to a friend. Boyle acknowledges the imperfect organization of the experiments due to their original format as loose sheets written over time. The book outlines various experiments and observations related to colours including the generation of colours from reflections the nature of whiteness and blackness and the effects of different salts on tinctures. Through these experiments Boyle aims to contribute to the understanding of the nature of colours and their underlying principles.