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The philosophy of color (1904)

Clifford, C. R. (Chandler Robbins), 1858-1935 · New York : Clifford & Lawton · leaf 36

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oting, for instance, is a bluish green, the side-wall should be of a red- dish orange, for the reason that if green con- trasts with red and if blue contrasts with orange, a bluish green would contrast with a reddish orange ; but, as it is impracticable to change the color of your furniture, it is… … 8. The Use of WHite, Gray and BlacK. 'T'O PLACE white by the side of a color heightens or intensifies the tone of that color. To put black beside a color has the opposite effect. It weakens the color. With- out explaining the reason for this, we would

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