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 viii
... result of great undertakings : it is only necessary to refer to the discussions raised upon the proper colouring for the Crystal Palace , in 1851 . THIRD EDITION . IN the present edition the translation has been carefully revised , a ...
... result of great undertakings : it is only necessary to refer to the discussions raised upon the proper colouring for the Crystal Palace , in 1851 . THIRD EDITION . IN the present edition the translation has been carefully revised , a ...
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... result of my researches on Simultaneous Contrast of Colours ; researches which have been greatly extended since the lecture I gave on this subject at the Institute on the 7th April , 1828. The extension they have taken is a consequence ...
... result of my researches on Simultaneous Contrast of Colours ; researches which have been greatly extended since the lecture I gave on this subject at the Institute on the 7th April , 1828. The extension they have taken is a consequence ...
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... result from it , I have thus been led to extend it to the arts of tapestry , to the different kinds of painting , block printing , tinting , horticulture , & c .; but in order to prevent the con- clusions which some readers might arrive ...
... result from it , I have thus been led to extend it to the arts of tapestry , to the different kinds of painting , block printing , tinting , horticulture , & c .; but in order to prevent the con- clusions which some readers might arrive ...
Page xxx
... results predicated of the mixture of colours , taken theoretically , are not obtained by mixing pigments , or paints ... result if we select such as are free from the colour not essential to the compound . Thus , to obtain a pure green ...
... results predicated of the mixture of colours , taken theoretically , are not obtained by mixing pigments , or paints ... result if we select such as are free from the colour not essential to the compound . Thus , to obtain a pure green ...
Page xxxi
... resulting compound colour , green , remains a pure colour . Such is the theory , and the practical result is the same if the pigments we select to form the mixture are both free from the third primary . When the three primaries ...
... resulting compound colour , green , remains a pure colour . Such is the theory , and the practical result is the same if the pigments we select to form the mixture are both free from the third primary . When the three primaries ...
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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