Student's text-book of color ; or, Modern Chromatics, with applications to art and industry (1908)
Rood, Ogden N. (Ogden Nicholas), 1831-1902 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 32
ngth may be ; it needs the joint action of the red and violet waves, or the red and blue. All other possible tints and hues find their type in some portion of the spectrum, and, as will be shown in the next chapter, this applies just as well to the whole range of browns and greys, as to colours… … Fig. 5.— Kecomposition of White Light. sensation that we call red, and, as we allow shorter and shorter waves to act on the eye, we experience the sensa- tions known as orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. When, on the other hand, we combine or mix together these different kinds of light, we…
Color · Painting
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