On the effects produced by mixing white with colored light (1880)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902, author · [New Haven?] : [publisher not identified] · leaf 2
let. Green became more blue-green. red, more violet. Purple became less Exactly these same effects can be produced by mixing violet with the above mentioned colors. Let R, Gr, V represent the three angles of Maxwell’s color-triangle, W being the position of white. Now, according to the received… … It. O. .Y. j G.Yel. the singular circumstance that when complementary colors are produced by the aid of polarized light, it is difficult or impossible to obtain a red which is entirely free from a purplish hue, a quantity of white light being always necessarily mingled with the colored light. In…
Light · Color
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