Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1879)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 251
he natural use of the eye, the negative images, although present to some extent, are not sharp and distinct, and hence usually remain unobserved by persons not trained to observations of this character. Nevertheless these images modify to a considerable extent the appearances of coloured surfaces… … Tig. 116.— Grey Figure on a Green Gronnd. green ground ; the tracery, however, will not ap1)ear pure grey, but tinged with a colour complementary to that of the, ground— that is, reddish. We can, of course, substi- tute for the green any other bright colour, and it will al-
Color · Painting · Color in art
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