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 viii
... evident upon all occasions where a knowledge of principles was necessary to the successful result of great undertakings : it is only necessary to refer to the discussions raised upon the proper colouring for the Crystal Palace , in 1851 ...
... evident upon all occasions where a knowledge of principles was necessary to the successful result of great undertakings : it is only necessary to refer to the discussions raised upon the proper colouring for the Crystal Palace , in 1851 ...
Page x
... evident that the present work cannot be a collection of hypotheses ( more or less ingenious ) on the assortment of colours and their harmonies , and a perusal of it will doubtless convince them that it is as experimental and as exact as ...
... evident that the present work cannot be a collection of hypotheses ( more or less ingenious ) on the assortment of colours and their harmonies , and a perusal of it will doubtless convince them that it is as experimental and as exact as ...
Page xxix
... evident that the colour of the primaries cannot vary as colour ( or in hue ) , but only in intensity , at least so long as they are kept pure , but the hues of the secondaries may vary infinitely , according as one or the other ...
... evident that the colour of the primaries cannot vary as colour ( or in hue ) , but only in intensity , at least so long as they are kept pure , but the hues of the secondaries may vary infinitely , according as one or the other ...
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... evident that the coloured rays reflected are of a different colour from those absorbed ; and also that , if they were combined with those absorbed , they would reproduce white light . We shall return to this subject in ( 6. ) . Further ...
... evident that the coloured rays reflected are of a different colour from those absorbed ; and also that , if they were combined with those absorbed , they would reproduce white light . We shall return to this subject in ( 6. ) . Further ...
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... evident , from the manner in which we have considered the physical composition of solar light ( 2. ) , that if we re- united the total quantity of the coloured light absorbed by a coloured body , to the total quantity of coloured light ...
... evident , from the manner in which we have considered the physical composition of solar light ( 2. ) , that if we re- united the total quantity of the coloured light absorbed by a coloured body , to the total quantity of coloured light ...
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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