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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... bodies - without regarding the physiological condition of the eye while this organ is excited by the sight of colours , -in fact , without at all understanding the nature of the subject they , with so much complacency , suppose ...
... bodies - without regarding the physiological condition of the eye while this organ is excited by the sight of colours , -in fact , without at all understanding the nature of the subject they , with so much complacency , suppose ...
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... Bodies , " the rules of which have been explained in my Considérations sur l'Analyse Or- ganique . To all who are acquainted with these works , it will be evident that the present work cannot be a collection of hypotheses ( more or less ...
... Bodies , " the rules of which have been explained in my Considérations sur l'Analyse Or- ganique . To all who are acquainted with these works , it will be evident that the present work cannot be a collection of hypotheses ( more or less ...
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... bodies has no influence on the phenomena of simultaneous contrast CHAPTER VIII . - On the juxtaposition of coloured bodies belonging to the colours of the same group of coloured rays CHAPTER IX . - On the application of the law of ...
... bodies has no influence on the phenomena of simultaneous contrast CHAPTER VIII . - On the juxtaposition of coloured bodies belonging to the colours of the same group of coloured rays CHAPTER IX . - On the application of the law of ...
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... bodies , viewed under the relation of the respective beauty or purity of the colour and of the equality of the distance of their respective tones , if these bodies belong to the same scale Introduction • • · · · • PAGE 366 . 367 368 ...
... bodies , viewed under the relation of the respective beauty or purity of the colour and of the equality of the distance of their respective tones , if these bodies belong to the same scale Introduction • • · · · • PAGE 366 . 367 368 ...
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... bodies properly selected as to height of tone , when contiguous to coloured bodies , exhibit the phenomena of contrast of colour more strikingly than either black or white substances do . If , instead of normal grey , we placed a ...
... bodies properly selected as to height of tone , when contiguous to coloured bodies , exhibit the phenomena of contrast of colour more strikingly than either black or white substances do . If , instead of normal grey , we placed a ...
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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