Colour-matching on textiles : a manual intended for the use of dyers, calico printers, and textile colour chemists (1901)
Paterson, David · London : Scott, Greenwood & Son ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 71
is reflected to the eye, along with the coloured light, a large proportion of unchanged white light from the surface of the fibres of the material, and this white light, combining with the coloured light, gives an impoverished and poorer look to the colours. A simple example of this may be observed… … Fig. 19. — Diagram illustrating “ overhand ” or transmitted light method of examining dyed materials. (A) Eye of observer. (B) Direction of light. on the surface, the green looks dull and dead in comparison to its transmitted light colour. The surface of the leaf reflects much white light, which…
Dyes and dyeing · Color in the textile industries
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