Modern chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1879)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York, D. Appleton and Company · leaf 299
COMBINATION OF COLOURS IN PAIRS AND TRIADS. 293 … situated farthest apart always make the best combinations ; for, if this were the case, the best combinations would be simply the complementary pairs, which in the diagram are placed at the greatest distance from each other, viz., oppo- site. But some of the complementary colours are quite harsh…
Color · Painting · Color in art
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