Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882 · New York : Hurd and Houghton ; Cambridge [Mass.] : Riverside Press · leaf 181
resses its truths. If wedivide the circumference into 3600 we see clearly that each of the per-fect binary colors is equally distant from the two primaries that com-pose it. Thus orange is 6o° from the yellow and 6o° from the red.We see also where the domain of the six colors be<rins and ends.… … Nasturtium. RED. Campanula Garnet. Violet. Observe; if we choose in this rose three coloredpoints, that form an equilateral triangle, the colorssituated at these three points will have all the prop-erties of the complementaries. Let us take, for in-stance, the sulphur, nasturtium, and campanula;…
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