Ladies' manual of art : or, Profit and pastime : a self teacher in all branches of decorative art, embracing every variety of painting and drawing on china, glass, velvet, canvas, paper and wood : the secret of all glass transparencies, sketching from nature, pastel and crayon drawing, taxidermy, etc (1887)
Philadelphia : American Mutual Library Association · leaf 32
Colors are merely sensations producecl* bj- the action of light on the nervoustissue of the retina, which covers the back of the ej^e. … HERE ARE ThEEE PRIMARY COLORS IN NATURE, Blue, Keel, and Yellow. From these are formed allthe other beautiful tints which well up from thebosom of the deep, glows in every flower, blossoms inthe trees, and sparkles in the dew drop; softlystealing from the moon and stars, and written uponthe blue…
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