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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... lose sight of the fact , that the results predicated of the mixture of colours , taken theoretically , are not obtained by mixing pigments , or paints , and dyes . Theoretically , the mixture , or combination of the colours of the ...
... lose sight of the fact , that the results predicated of the mixture of colours , taken theoretically , are not obtained by mixing pigments , or paints , and dyes . Theoretically , the mixture , or combination of the colours of the ...
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... yellower by losing its red . If we place normal - red in contact with orange - red , the first will appear purple , and the second yellower ; but if we put the normal - red in contact with purple - red , xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
... yellower by losing its red . If we place normal - red in contact with orange - red , the first will appear purple , and the second yellower ; but if we put the normal - red in contact with purple - red , xxxvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxvii
... lose more or less of the colour common to both , and will , therefore , differ from each other in propor- tion to this loss . Example : Orange with Green . These two colours have yellow as an element in their composition , and they lose ...
... lose more or less of the colour common to both , and will , therefore , differ from each other in propor- tion to this loss . Example : Orange with Green . These two colours have yellow as an element in their composition , and they lose ...
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... lose Red by contiguity , and the second lose Blue . SECOND GROUP . - A COMPOUND COLOUR WITH A SIMPLE COLOUR WHICH FORMS A PART OF THE COMPOUND . 1. Orange with Red . The Orange loses its red , and appears yellower ; and the Red be ...
... lose Red by contiguity , and the second lose Blue . SECOND GROUP . - A COMPOUND COLOUR WITH A SIMPLE COLOUR WHICH FORMS A PART OF THE COMPOUND . 1. Orange with Red . The Orange loses its red , and appears yellower ; and the Red be ...
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... lose in beauty ; or that one gains without the other losing , and that one neither gains nor loses , while the other loses . IN THE ASSOCIATION OF TWO COLOURS OF EQUAL TONE , THE HEIGHT OF THE TONE MAY INFLUENCE THE BEAUTY OF THE ...
... lose in beauty ; or that one gains without the other losing , and that one neither gains nor loses , while the other loses . IN THE ASSOCIATION OF TWO COLOURS OF EQUAL TONE , THE HEIGHT OF THE TONE MAY INFLUENCE THE BEAUTY 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