Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written : the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts (1805)
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, Repton, J. Adey (John Adey), 1775-1860 · London : Printed by T. Bensley ... for J. Taylor ... · leaf 318
nd much improved by conti-guity with red, yellow, and blue colours respectively. The little diagram suggests all these things to the memory, and a great manymore of the same kind, and, therefore, must be extremely useful to the artist who isendeavouring to produce certain effects by contrast,… … 220 This curious and satisfactory theory demonstrates that thechoice of colours which so often distinguishes good from hadtaste in mamifactures, furniture, dress, and in every circumstancewhere colour may he artificially introduced, is not the effect ofchance, or fancy, but guided by certain…
