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Green and violet with black, 217

grey, 234

Grey, juxtaposition of coloured bodies with, 63, 338
binary assortment of coloured bodies with, 220

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ternary assortment of coloured bodies with, 221

imparts brilliancy and purity to contiguous primary colours, 219
acquires the complementary of the contiguous colour, 338

Ground, influence of the, on the effect of colours, 182

Grouping of flowers according to harmony of contrast presents no
difficulties, 734

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Hair and head-dress, colours of, 685

Hangings, assortment of, belongs to contrast of colour, 623

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for interior decoration, 447, 604; dark proscribed, 605;
in best taste, 609

borders to, 612-626

Harmonies of analogous colours, 180

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contrasts, 180

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Harmony, general, principles of, 920-926

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in landscape gardening, 828

of colours, 174; six kinds of, comprised in two, 180
contrast, what it enables a painter to realise, 354
Haüy, his researches, 130; on simultaneous contrast, 130, 134
Head-dress, influence of its colour on the skin, 695

Hearing, of, 973; and seeing, difference between, 975

Height, principle of, in landscape gardening, 807

of tone influences the modification of juxtaposed colours, 116

Hemispheric construction of scale of colours, 166 et seq.
Heterogeneous masses of shrubs and flowers, 786-803

Historical view of the author's researches, 939

Homogeneous masses of shrubs or flowers, 782, 785

Horticulture, applications of the law of contrast to, 731-767

Hues, definition of, 150

Human figures, tapestries with, 874, 886

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Imitation of coloured objects with coloured materials, 255, 367
perfectly faithful, 309: imperfectly faithful, 310

Indigo and black, influence of juxtaposition upon, 61, 76

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Indigo and green, influence of juxtaposition upon, 24, 76

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Infinite division of coloured materials defined, 255; explained, 861,

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Influence exercised upon many operations of the understanding by
the condition of our organs, 998

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of associations of ideas on our opinions, 938

of surrounding colours upon a given colour, 838

twofold, of the physical condition of coloured materials, 860
in teaching arising from opposition between two facts, 1007
Interference of the laws of simultaneous contrast upon our judgment,
835, 843

Interior decoration, 556-655

Interiors, panelled, 645; covered with stucco, 651, 652; with wood,

653

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July, arrangement of flowers in, 758

June, arrangement of flowers in, 757

Juxtaposition of coloured bodies, modifications produced by, 20 et seq.

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substances belonging to the colours of the

same group of coloured rays, 72

exhibits the difficulty of fixing the type of pure colours,
74

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Landscape gardening, definition of terms employed in, 770

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Laplace, his explanation of successive contrast, 139

Law of simultaneous contrast, 16

Light which the study of contrast sheds upon various phenomena, 993
Ligneous plants, art of assorting, in a garden, 749; harmony of con-
trast in, 750; harmony of analogy in, 751

Lines of plants, 771

Lowering of the tone of a colour in contact with black, 55

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Marble, interiors covered with, 648; curtains not suited to, 650

March, arrangement of flowers for the month of, 754
Mass of vegetation, heterogeneous or varied, 786
isolated or varied, 787-805

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Masses, elements of, in landscape gardening, 778

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heterogeneous, in landscape gardening, 786, 790, 805
homogeneous, in landscape gardening, 782
of plants, of what composed, 773

May, arrangement of flowers for the month of, 756
Mixed contrast, 81 et seq., 327.

Mixture of colours, 374

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by threads, 377; of the three primary colours, 380; of com-
plementary colours, 380

by hatchings, 378

Model, colours of the, 259

Modification in colours produced by juxtaposition, 14

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how produced, 168; how determined, 171

of the colours of the model by coloured lights, 261, 268

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by two lights of different

when unequally lighted by

by diffused daylight, 281
by the maximum of white

Mosaics, 429, 882, 889; resemble paintings in chiar'oscuro, 369
Motion, condition of, 896

Museums of natural history, 588-589

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Natural method, advantage of, over artificial classifications, 1008
Nutrition, principles of, in landscape gardening, 809

Objection to planting closely, 809

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Objects, three conditions in the appearance of, to the eye, 328
October, arrangement of flowers in the month of, 762

Epinus, his researches, 124

Olive-coloured skins, 726

Operations of the mind corresponding to the contrast of simultaneous

difference, 994

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Orange drapery, influence of, on the complexion, 692

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Orange and black, influence of juxtaposition upon, 57

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green with black, 212;

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Painters, difficulties encountered by, when ignorant of the law of
contrast, 332

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hints to, in portraiture, 730; should study mixed and
simultaneous contrast, 356-7, 366

Painting, two systems of, 256

with white, 195; with grey,

violet with black, 213; with white, 196; with
yellow with black, 211;

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colouring in, 298, 305

Panelled interiors, 645-7

Paper, colour-printing upon, 501

Paper-hangings, law of contrast in relation to designs for, 448
borders for, 454-499

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Patterns, conditions fulfilled by, for Savonnerie carpets, 408-419
true tint of, misunderstood, 442; influence of, on carpets
and tapestries, 370

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similar images must not be repeated in a, 360

Picture-galleries, 584

Pictures, assortment of frames with, 564; assortment of, with
hangings, 640-4

Pigments do not represent pure prismatic colours, 157, 158; change
in colour when reduced with white, 841

Planting, principles of, in landscape gardening, 806

Plants, art of assorting, in a garden, 749

associations of, where apart, 736
pell-mell, 739-40

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Plateau, Dr., his researches, 80

Pleasure derivable from the cultivation of choice plants, 733
Point of view the historical painter should take, 359
Polish, influence of, in reflecting light, 3, 284
Portrait-painting, rules for, 351, 353, 727-730

Predominating coloured light in a picture, 362, 363
Prieur, his researches, 129

Primary colours, 152; become secondaries by juxtaposition, 75
assorted in pairs, 238; binary mixture of, 380

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Principles of contrast, 335-342

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common to different arts, 891

Printing or writing on coloured papers, 501

Prism, colours produced by the, the types of pure colours, 172; pos-
sibility of imitating, 173

Pure colours, 152

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Rainbow, colours of, are modified by juxtaposition, 964
Ray of solar light, composition of a, 2

Reading, influence of the colour of the paper on the duration of, 503;
of the kind of light, 504, 520

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by artificial light, assortment of colours for, 520

diffused daylight, assortment of colours for, 506
Recipes for colouring compositions require to be modified, 441
Red drapery, influence of, on colour of the skin, 687
Red and black, influence of juxtaposition on, 56

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blue with white, 192; with black, 209; with grey, 226
green with white, 187; with black, 204; with grey, 221
orange with white, 190; with black, 207; with grey, 224
violet with white, 193; with black, 210, 241; with grey,
227

yellow with white, 191; with black, 208; with grey, 225
blue threads, 380

green threads, 380

yellow threads, 380

Reflection of light from opaque coloured bodies, 5

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of light from white bodies, 3

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