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Principles of the science of colour : concisely stated to aid and promote their useful application in the decorative arts (1876)

Benson, William, Lowry, Joseph Wilson, 1803-1879 · London : Chapman & Hall · leaf 19

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b THE PRISMATIC COLOURS AND THEIR CONTINUOUS COMBINATIONS. right half, Pink. The colours on the edges are of course the same in each half, but reversed in position. … To see this splendid compendium of colours to advantage, and to study it as it deserves, the spectrum should be produced on a very large scale, by making the object very large, and viewing it from a distance proportionately great ; the White in the object should be as brilliant as possible, and the…

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