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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... stuff disap- pears , and the eye sees red , or a red tinged with violet . ( 119. ) Second Fact . - If there is presented to a buyer , one after another , fourteen pieces of red stuff , he will consider the last six or seven less ...
... stuff disap- pears , and the eye sees red , or a red tinged with violet . ( 119. ) Second Fact . - If there is presented to a buyer , one after another , fourteen pieces of red stuff , he will consider the last six or seven less ...
Page 37
... stuff , to restore the eyes to their normal state . If the sight of the green be sufficiently prolonged to exceed the normal state , the eyes will acquire a tendency to see red ; then the last seven red pieces will appear more beautiful ...
... stuff , to restore the eyes to their normal state . If the sight of the green be sufficiently prolonged to exceed the normal state , the eyes will acquire a tendency to see red ; then the last seven red pieces will appear more beautiful ...
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... stuff , will have a good effect , at least on the optical quality of Black , for this acquires a Red tint , which assimilates it with a faded colour . ( 252. ) 2 ° . I have said , that the more colours are op- posed , the easier it is ...
... stuff , will have a good effect , at least on the optical quality of Black , for this acquires a Red tint , which assimilates it with a faded colour . ( 252. ) 2 ° . I have said , that the more colours are op- posed , the easier it is ...
Page 98
... stuff , & c.- indeterminable when these stuffs are seen as the drapery of a vestment or as furniture , presenting folds more or less prominent , or are they determinable under given circum- stances ? This is a question which I shall ...
... stuff , & c.- indeterminable when these stuffs are seen as the drapery of a vestment or as furniture , presenting folds more or less prominent , or are they determinable under given circum- stances ? This is a question which I shall ...
Page 99
... stuff which received the action of the coloured rays being exposed to diffused daylight , reflected also rays of ... stuff , it appears of a Purple - Black , deeper than the rest , which is lighted directly by the sun . Red rays falling ...
... stuff which received the action of the coloured rays being exposed to diffused daylight , reflected also rays of ... stuff , it appears of a Purple - Black , deeper than the rest , which is lighted directly by the sun . Red rays falling ...
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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