The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours and Their Applications to the Arts

Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1903 - 465 pages

On the assortment of colours with respect to reading	xxv

Translators Introduction explanatory of Mr Chevreuls principles	xxvii

of contrast of hues	xliii

SECTION L	2

The law of simultaneous contrast of colours and	11

On the juxtaposition of coloured substances with white	19

On the juxtaposition of coloured substances with grey	23

On the distinction between simultaneous successive and mixed con	31

FOURTH DIVISION	211

FIFTH DIVISION	219

SECTION II	227

On the general decoration of the interiors of churches	235

2 On the assortments of colours in interiors the walls of which	260

Of the advantages of contrast considered with regard to	266

Applications to horticulture	289

On the art of assorting ligneous plants in gardens	298

SECTION III	43

Introduction	51

5th Case View of various colours more or less well assorted	69

Recapitulation of the preceding observations	86

FIRST DIVISION	94

On the difference existing between a coloured object	112

Utility of the law of simultaneous contrast of colours	116

SECOND DIVISION	139

SECTION II	158

On the principle of contrast of colours in its connec	166

SECTION IV	169

Mosaics	175

Colourprinting upon textile fabrics and on paper	181

Paperstaining	186

SECTION III	203

Reading of a few minutes duration	205

Examples of plants which can be associated together	320

Of homogeneous masses	329

On the principles upon which the system of planting	346

Interference of the preceding principles in judging of coloured objects	357

Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of colours with	366

SECTION II	372

Of the complex associations of colours reviewed criti	378

Of the arts which address the eye by employing coloured	386

Tapestries carpets mosaics and coloured glass win	392

Principle of form	394

Of the disposition of the mind of the spectator in respect to the judg	414

Concluding remarks on contrast	426

The light which the study of contrast appears to be sus	439

INDEX	451

24	456

Title	The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours and Their Applications to the Arts Bohn's Scientifica Library
Author	Michel Eugène Chevreul
Edition	3
Publisher	Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1903
Original from	the University of California
Digitized	10 Nov 2017
Length	465 pages

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