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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... manner of speaking does not mean that the two colours , or rather the two material objects that present them to us , have a mutual action , either physical or chemical ; it is really only applied to the modification that takes place ...
... manner of speaking does not mean that the two colours , or rather the two material objects that present them to us , have a mutual action , either physical or chemical ; it is really only applied to the modification that takes place ...
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... respect to their colours , considered individually and in the manner under which they are respectively associated . Introduction • · • 357 · ib . SECTION I. Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of CONTENTS . xxi.
... respect to their colours , considered individually and in the manner under which they are respectively associated . Introduction • · • 357 · ib . SECTION I. Interference of the law of simultaneous contrast of CONTENTS . xxi.
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... manner . ( 6. ) Let us now return to the relation which exists between the coloured light absorbed , and the coloured light reflected , by an opaque body , which makes it appear to us of the colour peculiar to this light . It is evident ...
... manner . ( 6. ) Let us now return to the relation which exists between the coloured light absorbed , and the coloured light reflected , by an opaque body , which makes it appear to us of the colour peculiar to this light . It is evident ...
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... manner upon a piece of brown - holland , placed opposite to a window , o being distant from o ' about twelve inches . Then take two portions p and p ' of another sheet of unglazed paper which differs from the first by being deeper , but ...
... manner upon a piece of brown - holland , placed opposite to a window , o being distant from o ' about twelve inches . Then take two portions p and p ' of another sheet of unglazed paper which differs from the first by being deeper , but ...
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... manner that o and p each present three grey stripes ; as is shown in fig . 3. , the stripes 1 , 1 , are more modified than the stripes 2 , 2 ; and these latter are more modified than the stripes 3 , 3 . For this modification to take ...
... manner that o and p each present three grey stripes ; as is shown in fig . 3. , the stripes 1 , 1 , are more modified than the stripes 2 , 2 ; and these latter are more modified than the stripes 3 , 3 . For this modification to take ...
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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