The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours, and Their Applications to the Arts: Including Painting, Interior Decoration, Tapestries, Carpets, Mosaics, Coloured Glazing, Paper-staining, Calico-printing, Letterpress Printing, Map-colouring, Dress, Landscape and Flower Gardening, EtcHenry G. Bohn, 1860 - 465 pages |
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... Yellow . Orange , Green , and Violet . The Colours of the Spectrum . Compounds of two Primaries . Colours in which all three primaries exist . The primary or the secondary requisite to make up the complement of coloured rays that ...
... Yellow . Orange , Green , and Violet . The Colours of the Spectrum . Compounds of two Primaries . Colours in which all three primaries exist . The primary or the secondary requisite to make up the complement of coloured rays that ...
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... Yellow , and the combinations produced by their mixture or blending with each other , ( secondaries ) Orange , Green ... Yellow are simple , or primary colours . Green , Violet , and Orange are compound , or secondary colours . The ...
... Yellow , and the combinations produced by their mixture or blending with each other , ( secondaries ) Orange , Green ... Yellow are simple , or primary colours . Green , Violet , and Orange are compound , or secondary colours . The ...
Page xxx
... yellow ; Every Yellow pigment contains also either blue or red . And although , as we have said , the union of the blue , red , and yellow of the spectrum produces white , the union of blue , red , and yellow pigments produces grey or ...
... yellow ; Every Yellow pigment contains also either blue or red . And although , as we have said , the union of the blue , red , and yellow of the spectrum produces white , the union of blue , red , and yellow pigments produces grey or ...
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... yellow are mixed together , in varying proportions , but without the addition of the other primary colour ( red ) , the resulting compound colour , green , remains a pure colour . Such is the theory , and the practical result is the ...
... yellow are mixed together , in varying proportions , but without the addition of the other primary colour ( red ) , the resulting compound colour , green , remains a pure colour . Such is the theory , and the practical result is the ...
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... yellow , and so long as the blue predominates , the compound is a hue of blue ; but so soon as the red or the yellow predominates in the mixture , it passes into a hue of red or of yellow . Thus , proceeding from pure Blue , by adding ...
... yellow , and so long as the blue predominates , the compound is a hue of blue ; but so soon as the red or the yellow predominates in the mixture , it passes into a hue of red or of yellow . Thus , proceeding from pure Blue , by adding ...
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aerial perspective agreeable artist association assortment White band BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY binary assortments Black Blue and Violet border brilliant CHAPTER chiar'oscuro coloured light coloured materials coloured objects coloured rays complementary colour complexion contrast of colours contrast of tone different colours drapery employed example favourable flat tints flowers furniture glass GOBELINS TAPESTRY Green Green threads Greenish-Yellow hangings harmony of analogy harmony of contrast height of tone hues imitation incline Indigo inferior intensity Jasminum fruticans Laburnum latter law of contrast LAW OF SIMULTANEOUS less less Brown light tones Lilac luminous colours manner mixture neutralise normal tone observations Orange Orange colour Orange-Yellow painter painting paper patterns perceive picture Pink placed plants portion preceding present principle Prunus mahaleb pure colour rays falling reflected remark render represent result retina rose SAVONNERIE CARPETS scale simple colours simultaneous contrast sombre colours spectator stripes stuff surface tion trast Violet wainscoting White ground white light