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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... successive , and mixed con- trast of colours ; and an account of the connection between the ex- periments made by the author and those of other observers CHAPTER I. - Distinction between simultaneous , successive , and mixed contrast of ...
... successive , and mixed con- trast of colours ; and an account of the connection between the ex- periments made by the author and those of other observers CHAPTER I. - Distinction between simultaneous , successive , and mixed contrast of ...
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... successive contrast . And the addition of this colour so called up to the original colour constitutes mixed contrast ... successively in contact with different colours belonging to the same group . Example . - If we place Orange beside ...
... successive contrast . And the addition of this colour so called up to the original colour constitutes mixed contrast ... successively in contact with different colours belonging to the same group . Example . - If we place Orange beside ...
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... successive and mixed contrasts . INFLUENCE OF GLOSS AND OF FORM UPON THE EFFECT OF CONTRAST OF TWO COLOURS . The form of an object , and its gloss or polish , have a considerable influence upon the effect of associated or contiguous ...
... successive and mixed contrasts . INFLUENCE OF GLOSS AND OF FORM UPON THE EFFECT OF CONTRAST OF TWO COLOURS . The form of an object , and its gloss or polish , have a considerable influence upon the effect of associated or contiguous ...
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... SUCCESSIVE , AND MIXED CONTRAST OF COLOURS ; AND AN AC- COUNT OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTS MADE BY THE AUTHOR AND THOSE OF OTHER OB- SERVERS . THIRD SECTION . - ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSE TO WHICH THE PHENOMENA OF CONTRAST ...
... SUCCESSIVE , AND MIXED CONTRAST OF COLOURS ; AND AN AC- COUNT OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EXPERIMENTS MADE BY THE AUTHOR AND THOSE OF OTHER OB- SERVERS . THIRD SECTION . - ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CAUSE TO WHICH THE PHENOMENA OF CONTRAST ...
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... successively in contact with different colours belonging to the same group . example : Orange and Red . For When we place near Orange a scarlet - red , a pure red , or a crimson - red , we shall see that the Red acquires a purple , and ...
... successively in contact with different colours belonging to the same group . example : Orange and Red . For When we place near Orange a scarlet - red , a pure red , or a crimson - red , we shall see that the Red acquires a purple , and ...
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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