Report to the Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education on the action of light on water colours : presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty (1888)
Russell, William James, Abney, William de Wiveleslie, Sir, 1843-1920, Great Britain. Department of Science and Art · London : Printed for H.M.S.O. by Eyre and Spottiswoode · leaf 10
d and a good deal of the blue of the spectrum of white light. The effect of mixing a white with a coloured pigment is to cause more white light to be reflected, and thus to give a pale and less transparent appearance to the colour. V. It may be of interest to compare the light reflected Identity of… … YELLOW ORANGE GREEN RED BLUE VIOLET Note. — The letters in this and in all other diagrams refer to the principal Fraunhofer lines of the solar spectrum. Curve I. is the light reflected from Prussian blue after deducting white light. Curve II. is the light transmitted through Prussian blue. „ III. „…
Watercolor painting · Light
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