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 xxxvi
... height of tone exercises much influence upon the modification ; for if , after looking at orange , we look at deep blue , this latter will appear green rather than violet , a result the reverse of that presented by light blue . Whenever ...
... height of tone exercises much influence upon the modification ; for if , after looking at orange , we look at deep blue , this latter will appear green rather than violet , a result the reverse of that presented by light blue . Whenever ...
Page xl
... HEIGHT OF THE TONE MAY INFLUENCE THE BEAUTY OF THE ASSOCIATION . Ex . A deep indigo - blue , and an equally deep red , gain by contact : the blue by losing violet , will become pure blue ; the red , acquiring orange , will become ...
... HEIGHT OF THE TONE MAY INFLUENCE THE BEAUTY OF THE ASSOCIATION . Ex . A deep indigo - blue , and an equally deep red , gain by contact : the blue by losing violet , will become pure blue ; the red , acquiring orange , will become ...
Page xli
... height of tone of the colour has a great influence upon the effect of its assort- ment with white ; thus- Light blue and light red assort better with white than dark blue and dark red , because the latter present too great a contrast of ...
... height of tone of the colour has a great influence upon the effect of its assort- ment with white ; thus- Light blue and light red assort better with white than dark blue and dark red , because the latter present too great a contrast of ...
Page xlii
... 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 coloured body in contact with a Grey ...
... 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 coloured body in contact with a Grey ...
Page xliii
... height , or nearly so , belonging to scales more or less approximating . 3 ° . Harmony of a dominant coloured light ... heights , each belonging to contiguous scales . 3 ° . Harmony of contrast of colours , arising INTRODUCTION . xliii.
... height , or nearly so , belonging to scales more or less approximating . 3 ° . Harmony of a dominant coloured light ... heights , each belonging to contiguous scales . 3 ° . Harmony of contrast of colours , arising INTRODUCTION . xliii.
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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