Textile design and colour; elementary weaves and figured fabrics (1921)
Watson, William, F.T.I · London, New York [etc.] Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 151
according to the degree of light that a colourreflects, no colour being as luminous—that is, as bright or intense—as white. Yellowis the most luminous colour, then orange, and then red, while violet is the leastluminous. Two reds, or two greens might be alike as to hue and yet appeardifferent on… … Fig. 142. MODIFICATION OF COLOURS 137 compared with the corresponding spectral colours appear paler. \Vhen a colourfades it loses in purity, but at the same time it may also change in hue, and in such acase there is a change in both hue and purity. A colour that is very pure is saidto be saturated.…
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