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 xvii
... figures , landscapes , or large flowers of varied colours CHAPTER III . - On the law of simultaneous contrast of colours , in relation to paper - hangings with designs in a single colour , or in colours but slightly varied . CHAPTER IV ...
... figures , landscapes , or large flowers of varied colours CHAPTER III . - On the law of simultaneous contrast of colours , in relation to paper - hangings with designs in a single colour , or in colours but slightly varied . CHAPTER IV ...
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... figures are described . 1. CONTRAST OF TONE 2. CHEVREUL'S CHROMATIC DIAGRAM 3. MODIFICATIONS PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT LIGHTS 4. SCHEME OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING • PAGE . 7 58 . 103 . 325 TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION , Explanatory of M ...
... figures are described . 1. CONTRAST OF TONE 2. CHEVREUL'S CHROMATIC DIAGRAM 3. MODIFICATIONS PRODUCED BY DIFFERENT LIGHTS 4. SCHEME OF LANDSCAPE GARDENING • PAGE . 7 58 . 103 . 325 TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION , Explanatory of M ...
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... figures are principally intended to represent the effects of contrast in a palpable manner to those persons who , not having studied physics , yet have , nevertheless , an interest in knowing these effects . The Red circle tends to ...
... figures are principally intended to represent the effects of contrast in a palpable manner to those persons who , not having studied physics , yet have , nevertheless , an interest in knowing these effects . The Red circle tends to ...
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... figure 4 , Plate III . , re- presents the image depicted on the retina of a red band R , contiguous to a blue band B ; the first will acquire orange or lose blue , and the second will ac- quire green or lose red . Now , it is the ...
... figure 4 , Plate III . , re- presents the image depicted on the retina of a red band R , contiguous to a blue band B ; the first will acquire orange or lose blue , and the second will ac- quire green or lose red . Now , it is the ...
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... figure , the eye will see the sheet в violet only in the part where the two images coincide . Consequently this defect of perfect coincidence of images will be an obstacle to the dis- tinct definition of the second image and of the ...
... figure , the eye will see the sheet в violet only in the part where the two images coincide . Consequently this defect of perfect coincidence of images will be an obstacle to the dis- tinct definition of the second image and of the ...
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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