The theory of color in its relation to art and art-industry (1876)
Bezold, Wilhelm von, 1837-1907, Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 · Boston : L. Prang and Co. · leaf 91
of a tolerably complicated nature. To under-stand them is of great importance to the painter as well as 50 THE THEORY OF COLOR. to the decorative artist. The following experiments and ob-servations are therefore devoted to the consideration of theseprocesses. If, in a perfectly darkened room, which… … best of all a black glass (Claude glass), or of a tray filled tothe brim with perfectly pure mercury, we shall find that thesurfaces of the paper and of the glass differ totally from eachother in their action. The paper surface can be seen fromany part of the room from which we can look upon the…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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