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Visual & Material Culture Cataloguing
  • Introduction
  • Cataloguing History
  • METADATA FRAMEWORK
    • Metadata Elements
      • Identification Number
      • Number of Objects
      • Object Type
      • Creator
        • Relator Term List
      • Title/Brief Description
      • Inscription / Marks
      • Date of Creation
      • Place of Creation
      • Dimensions
      • Technique and Materials
        • Technique List
        • Material List
      • Colour
      • Edition
      • State
      • Language
      • Subjects
      • Wellcome Legacy Subject Classification
      • Provenance
      • Detailed Visual Description
      • Citation
      • Sources of Information
      • Exhibition Information
      • Related Material
      • Condition
      • Copyright
      • Location
      • Catalogued Date
    • Metadata Crosswalk
  • CATALOGUING AIDS
    • Library: MARC / Sierra
    • Archives: ISAD(G) /CALM
    • Format Examples
      • Drawing
      • Painting
      • Photograph
      • Print
      • 3D Object
      • Album / Group
    • Content Considerations
    • Identification
      • Identifying paintings
      • Identifying prints
      • Identifying photographs
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  1. METADATA FRAMEWORK
  2. Metadata Elements

Colour

Optional: 2D objects, 3D objects

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Definition

This element describes the colour characteristics of an object or group of objects.

Record notable colour characteristics concisely as free text.

Terms could include:

  • Hand-coloured

  • Black and white

  • Sepia

Individual colours may be included in the element.

Record notable colour characteristics concisely as free text giving a general sense of the scope of the note.

Terms could include:

  • Includes 5 hand-coloured

  • All black and white

  • Mix of sepia and blue tone

detailed visual description