Students' text-book of color, or, Modern chromatics : with applications to art and industry (1881)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 251
at, inthe natural use of the eye, the negative images, althoughpresent to some extent, are not sharp and distinct, andhence usually remain unobserved by persons not trained toobservations of this character. Nevertheless these imagesmodify to a considerable extent the appearances of colouredsurfaces… … Fig. 116.—Grey Figure on a Green Ground. green ground ; the tracery, however, will not appear puregrey, but tinged with a colour complementary to that ofthe ground—that is, reddish. We can, of course, substi-tute for the green any other bright colour, and it will al- CONTRAST. 243 ways be found…
Color · Painting · Color in art
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