Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1879)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 110
olar spectrum ; the curved line marked GR exhibits the intensity of the green element, the line marked BL that of the blue or violet. It will be noticed that the green sensation attains its maximum about lialf way between the lines D and E, that is, in the yellowish green ; while the high- est… … curve for red being indicated by a heavy line, the others as above. The green and blue curves have about the same disposition as with the colour-blind person, while the red attains its maximum between C and D, but nearer D — that is, in the red-orange space. A set of observations was also made by…
Color · Painting · Color in art
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