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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... Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England . Translated by SHARPE . Yule - Tide Stories . A Collection of Scandinavian Tales and Traditions . Edited by B. THORPE . X. In Eng- lish Verse . By W. S. ROSE BOHN'S VARIOUS LIBRARIES .
... Malmesbury's Chronicle of the Kings of England . Translated by SHARPE . Yule - Tide Stories . A Collection of Scandinavian Tales and Traditions . Edited by B. THORPE . X. In Eng- lish Verse . By W. S. ROSE BOHN'S VARIOUS LIBRARIES .
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... ROSE . Twelve fine Engravings . In 2 vols . Enlarged Bechstein's Cage and Chamber Birds . Including Sweet's Warbiers . edition . Numerous plates . ** All other editions are abridged . * 7s . 6d . With the plates coloured . Bonomi's ...
... ROSE . Twelve fine Engravings . In 2 vols . Enlarged Bechstein's Cage and Chamber Birds . Including Sweet's Warbiers . edition . Numerous plates . ** All other editions are abridged . * 7s . 6d . With the plates coloured . Bonomi's ...
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... Rose and White . Deep Yellow and White . Bright Green and White . Violet Orange and White . and White . Dark Blue and dark Red produce , with White , too strong a contrast of tone to allow of their association being as agree- able as ...
... Rose and White . Deep Yellow and White . Bright Green and White . Violet Orange and White . and White . Dark Blue and dark Red produce , with White , too strong a contrast of tone to allow of their association being as agree- able as ...
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... Rose and Black , Orange and Black , Yellow and Black , lastly light Green and Black . Respecting Yellow , I repeat that it must be brilliant and intense , because Black tends to impoverish its tone ( 58. ) . B. TERNARY ASSORTMENT OF ...
... Rose and Black , Orange and Black , Yellow and Black , lastly light Green and Black . Respecting Yellow , I repeat that it must be brilliant and intense , because Black tends to impoverish its tone ( 58. ) . B. TERNARY ASSORTMENT OF ...
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... Rose are a little dull , and inferior to the assort- ment Black and Rose . All the binary assortments of Grey , except , perhaps , that of Orange , are inferior to the binary assortments of White . B. TERNARY ASSORTMENTS OF ...
... Rose are a little dull , and inferior to the assort- ment Black and Rose . All the binary assortments of Grey , except , perhaps , that of Orange , are inferior to the binary assortments of White . B. TERNARY ASSORTMENTS OF ...
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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