Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1879)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 222
MODERN CHROMATICS. 216 white, and as we descend it will pass through a great series of darkening greys, finally to end in black. If we make a vertical section of the cylinder, its appearance then will be of the nature roughly indicated in Fig. 95, the axis darken- ing as we descend, also the… … Fig. 96. — Section of a Colour-Cone. Fiq. 95. — Section of a Pile of Colour- Charts, the most luminous ones be- ing at the top. tinguish on them constantly decrease. Hence, in the case of our cylindrical pile of charts, smaller surfaces will an- swer equally well for the display of the darker…
Color · Painting · Color in art
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