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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... white light and to shade Article 2. - Of colouring , with regard to aerial perspective , relative to variously coloured light Article 3. - Of colouring in respect to the harmony of local colours and to that of the colours of the ...
... white light and to shade Article 2. - Of colouring , with regard to aerial perspective , relative to variously coloured light Article 3. - Of colouring in respect to the harmony of local colours and to that of the colours of the ...
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... white light . The comple- mentary of a primary , as red , is the se- condary composed of the other two prima- ries ( green ) . Luminous Colours . . Yellow , Orange , Red , Light Green , and the Sombre Colours . Warm Colours . Cold ...
... white light . The comple- mentary of a primary , as red , is the se- condary composed of the other two prima- ries ( green ) . Luminous Colours . . Yellow , Orange , Red , Light Green , and the Sombre Colours . Warm Colours . Cold ...
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... light when decomposed by a prism . It consists of Blue , Red , and Yellow , and the combinations produced by their ... white light , as it is termed , passes through a glass prism , it is decomposed , or separated , and if the image ...
... light when decomposed by a prism . It consists of Blue , Red , and Yellow , and the combinations produced by their ... white light , as it is termed , passes through a glass prism , it is decomposed , or separated , and if the image ...
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... white light ; but when we mix pigments representing those colours , taken as pure as we can possibly obtain them , the mixture is not white , but grey or black , according to their intensity , & c .: For every Blue pigment contains also ...
... white light ; but when we mix pigments representing those colours , taken as pure as we can possibly obtain them , the mixture is not white , but grey or black , according to their intensity , & c .: For every Blue pigment contains also ...
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... white or of black , producing a series of tones , light and dark . The term hues must be limited to the modifications a pure colour experiences when varying portions of another pure colour are added to it . If the colours are rendered ...
... white or of black , producing a series of tones , light and dark . The term hues must be limited to the modifications a pure colour experiences when varying portions of another pure colour are added to it . If the colours are rendered ...
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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