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 vi
... sombre colours should also be well understood , particularly with reference to their degree of intensity or tone . This book will amply repay any amount of study bestowed upon it ; and not merely for the subject with which it is ...
... sombre colours should also be well understood , particularly with reference to their degree of intensity or tone . This book will amply repay any amount of study bestowed upon it ; and not merely for the subject with which it is ...
Page xxviii
... sombre colours . Blue , Violet , and the broken tones of the luminous colours . The same as Luminous colours . The same as Sombre colours . Material Colours , or paints . Normal Grey consists of pure black and white mixed in various ...
... sombre colours . Blue , Violet , and the broken tones of the luminous colours . The same as Luminous colours . The same as Sombre colours . Material Colours , or paints . Normal Grey consists of pure black and white mixed in various ...
Page xxxii
... of another pure colour are added to it . If the colours are rendered im- pure by the presence of the third primary , they become broken colours or greys . LUMINOUS AND SOMBRE COLOURS . Colours are classed as warm xxxii INTRODUCTION .
... of another pure colour are added to it . If the colours are rendered im- pure by the presence of the third primary , they become broken colours or greys . LUMINOUS AND SOMBRE COLOURS . Colours are classed as warm xxxii INTRODUCTION .
Page xxxiii
... SOMBRE COLOURS . Colours are classed as warm or cold , according as they are luminous or sombre . The luminous colours are Yellow , Orange , Red , and light Green . The sombre colours are Blue , Violet , and deep Green . The deep and ...
... SOMBRE COLOURS . Colours are classed as warm or cold , according as they are luminous or sombre . The luminous colours are Yellow , Orange , Red , and light Green . The sombre colours are Blue , Violet , and deep Green . The deep and ...
Page xli
... sombre , yielding a luminous comple- mentary . Black may be advantageously combined not only with sombre colours to produce harmonies of analogy , but also with light and bril- liant colours to produce harmonies of contrast , as may be ...
... sombre , yielding a luminous comple- mentary . Black may be advantageously combined not only with sombre colours to produce harmonies of analogy , but also with light and bril- liant colours to produce harmonies of contrast , as may be ...
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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