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Principles of the science of colour : concisely stated to aid and promote their useful application in the decorative arts

Benson, William, Chapman and Hall, publisher · 1872 · London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly · 32 pictures

A colour theory manual by William Benson, published in London by Chapman and Hall in 1872 for decorators, designers and manufacturers applying colour systematically. The plates are grids and rosettes of tipped-in printed discs in muted and saturated tints, paper grain visible, offering ready-made palettes, circular colour arrangements and specimen swatch layouts.

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