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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... mixture or blending with each other , ( secondaries ) Orange , Green , Violet and its hues , purple , indigo ... mixture of the simple colours in pairs . Blue , Red , and Yellow are simple , or primary colours . Green , Violet , and ...
... mixture or blending with each other , ( secondaries ) Orange , Green , Violet and its hues , purple , indigo ... mixture of the simple colours in pairs . Blue , Red , and Yellow are simple , or primary colours . Green , Violet , and ...
Page xxx
... MIXTURE OF COLOURS . We must never 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 ...
... MIXTURE OF COLOURS . We must never 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 ...
Page xxxi
... mixture are both free from the third primary . When the three primaries ( pigments ) are mixed together in equal strength and proportions , the resulting compound is black . But if they are mixed in unequal strength and proportions ...
... mixture are both free from the third primary . When the three primaries ( pigments ) are mixed together in equal strength and proportions , the resulting compound is black . But if they are mixed in unequal strength and proportions ...
Page xxxii
... mixture , it passes into a hue of red or of yellow . Thus , proceeding from pure Blue , by adding yellow we obtain various hues of Yellowed blue , until we arrive at blue - Yellow , or Green . Any further addition of yellow carries the ...
... mixture , it passes into a hue of red or of yellow . Thus , proceeding from pure Blue , by adding yellow we obtain various hues of Yellowed blue , until we arrive at blue - Yellow , or Green . Any further addition of yellow carries the ...
Page xxxvii
... mixture of the complementary with the contiguous colour . The process is easy when the contiguous colours are both primaries , and it is not more difficult when they are both secondaries ; for we have only to consider that the ...
... mixture of the complementary with the contiguous colour . The process is easy when the contiguous colours are both primaries , and it is not more difficult when they are both secondaries ; for we have only to consider that 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