Manuscript, 'Marble paper' from J [John] Evelyn to Rob Murrey [Robert Moray] Evelyn describes a method of marbling paper, describing the way of making the dyeing agent and the recipes for creating specific colours, including blue, yellow, green, and red. Subject: Art / Chemistry Read to the Royal Society on 8 January 1661 [1662]. Two weeks later, Evelyn's method was actually tried and it 'succeeded'. January 1662