Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, Rigaud, J. F. (John Francis), 1742-1810, Brown, John William · London : J.B. Nichols and Son ... · leaf 268
X.—Why reflected Colours seldompartake of the Colour of the Body where theymeet. It happens very seldom that the reflexes are ofthe same colour with the body from which theyproceed, or with that upon which they meet. Toexemplify this, let the convex body D F G E beof a yellow colour, and the body B… … CONTRASTE, HARMONY, AND REFLEXES. 161 Chap. CCLXXX.—7%e Reflexes of Flesh Colours. The lights upon the flesh colours, which are re-flected by the hght strikuig upon another flesh-coloured body, are redder and more hvely thanany other part of the human figure; and that hap-pens according to the…
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