Modern dwellings in town and country adapted to American wants and climate with a treatise on furniture and decoration (1878)
Holly, Henry Hudson, 1834-1892 · New York, Harper & brothers, publishers · leaf 164
colors may be madeto harmonize is requisite. The whole art lies in combining them in theproportions which produce white. These, in the primaries, are five of red,three of yellow, and eight of blue; in the secondaries, thirteen of purple,eleven of green, and eight of orange; and in the tertiaries,… … Fi<r. 5.—IiuuLiug Sceue. mary colors, blue and yellow), and arranged in the above proportion, pro-duces the harmony required. It is also a fact that, in looking at any color,its complementary is reflected. Thus, green reflects red; and, when thetwo colors are placed in juxtaposition, both become…
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