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 xlii
... sombre colours , as Blue and Violet , the complementaries of which , Orange and Greenish Yellow , are lumi- nous , may diminish the contrast of tone , if the colours are in contiguity with Black , or not very distant ; in this case the ...
... sombre colours , as Blue and Violet , the complementaries of which , Orange and Greenish Yellow , are lumi- nous , may diminish the contrast of tone , if the colours are in contiguity with Black , or not very distant ; in this case the ...
Page xliii
... sombre colours than with the luminous , there is not the same difference between White and these two classes of colours as there is between them and Grey . The ground , as well as the interval or distance we make between the coloured ...
... sombre colours than with the luminous , there is not the same difference between White and these two classes of colours as there is between them and Grey . The ground , as well as the interval or distance we make between the coloured ...
Page xliv
... sombre colours , Blue and Violet , and with broken tones of luminous colours produces harmony of analogy some- times with a good effect . 7. Black does not associate so well with a luminous and a sombre colour , as it does with two ...
... sombre colours , Blue and Violet , and with broken tones of luminous colours produces harmony of analogy some- times with a good effect . 7. Black does not associate so well with a luminous and a sombre colour , as it does with two ...
Page xlv
... sombre colours and broken tones of luminous colours produces harmonies of analogy , not so vigorous as those with black . It separates colours which do not assort well together . ON THE SELECTION OF THE KIND OF HARMONY FOR A GIVEN ...
... sombre colours and broken tones of luminous colours produces harmonies of analogy , not so vigorous as those with black . It separates colours which do not assort well together . ON THE SELECTION OF THE KIND OF HARMONY FOR A GIVEN ...
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... sombre and of a nature that yields a luminous com- plementary , such as Orange , Orange - Yellow , Greenish - Yel- low , & c . Red and Black . ( 56. ) Green , the SECT . I. ] INFLUENCE OF BLACK WITH COLOURS . 21 -On the juxtaposition of ...
... sombre and of a nature that yields a luminous com- plementary , such as Orange , Orange - Yellow , Greenish - Yel- low , & c . Red and Black . ( 56. ) Green , the SECT . I. ] INFLUENCE OF BLACK WITH COLOURS . 21 -On the juxtaposition 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