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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Page ix
... employed in making shades in blue and violet draperies , which had no foundation ; for after procuring black - dyed wools from the most celebrated French and other workshops and perceiving that they had no superiority over those dyed at ...
... employed in making shades in blue and violet draperies , which had no foundation ; for after procuring black - dyed wools from the most celebrated French and other workshops and perceiving that they had no superiority over those dyed at ...
Page xxii
... employed in tapestry and carpets CHAPTER IV . - Means afforded by contrast by which we may become certain if the tones of a scale of colour are equidistant • • SECTION II . • • Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of colours ...
... employed in tapestry and carpets CHAPTER IV . - Means afforded by contrast by which we may become certain if the tones of a scale of colour are equidistant • • SECTION II . • • Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of colours ...
Page xxxii
... employed are of equal strength and proportions . COLOURS ARE MODIFIED IN HUE AND INTENSITY . When one pure colour is added to another pure colour , in increasing proportions , we obtain hues of the colour receiving that addition . Thus ...
... employed are of equal strength and proportions . COLOURS ARE MODIFIED IN HUE AND INTENSITY . When one pure colour is added to another pure colour , in increasing proportions , we obtain hues of the colour receiving that addition . Thus ...
Page xlv
... employed . He must never lose sight of the effect of contrast of tone . Thus , in a room papered with the deep crimson paper so commonly employed , the tone is so deep , that it forms a strong contrasting background to all light ...
... employed . He must never lose sight of the effect of contrast of tone . Thus , in a room papered with the deep crimson paper so commonly employed , the tone is so deep , that it forms a strong contrasting background to all light ...
Page 55
... employed to designate the different modifications which that colour , taken at its maximum intensity , is capable of receiving from the addition of White , which weakens its Tone , and Black , which deepens it . * ( 149. ) The word ...
... employed to designate the different modifications which that colour , taken at its maximum intensity , is capable of receiving from the addition of White , which weakens its Tone , and Black , which deepens it . * ( 149. ) The word ...
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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