Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1879)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 40
prismatic hues. The general effect of this proceeding will be to diminish the action of the coloured light ; the mixtui'e will indeed present to the eye more light, but it will be paler ; the colour-element will begin to be pushed into the background. Conversely, if we now should subject our… … Fio. 6.— Mode of mixing White LigM with the Colours of the Spectrum. be equally apparent. Taking all this into consideration, it is evident that, when a particular colour is presented to us, we can affirm that it is perfectly pure ; viz., entirely free from white light, or that it contains mingled…
Color · Painting · Color in art
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