Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1879)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 276
n equal quantity of gay and sombre tints, the effect is less good, becoming particularly bad when the composition is divided up into many alternate groups of gay and pale or sombre colours, impartially distributed. Before concluding this chapter, it is necessary to add a few words with regard "to… … Fio. 129. — Showing the result when rio. 128.— Black and White Disk disk, Fig. 12S, is set into rapid for Exporlment on Contrast. rotation. placed near a darker grey, the light shade appears still lighter, the dark shade still darker. This can be beautifully shown with the aid of our very…
Color · Painting · Color in art
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