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The enjoyment and use of color (1923)

Sargent, Walter, b. 1868 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 144

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THE ENJOYMENT AND USE OF COLOR 126 the general atmosphere of a complementary combination. Then, too, there appears to be something elemental in the contrasts of these hues, because they are the first colors to appear when white light breaks up into colors. When the concentric black and white… … from the wall is yellowish, then Fig. 15. after a second or two it is blu- ish ; then these sensations merge into white. We have found also that few people are at all color-blind to these hues. Blue and orange or yellow-orange, skilfully used, are satisfy- ing color combinations, and can portray a…

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