The theory of color in its relation to art and art-industry (1876)
Bezold, Wilhelm von, Koehler, S. R. (Sylvester Rosa), 1837-1900, Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919 · Boston, L. Prang and Company · leaf 111
ry circumstances, which are instrumental in alteringthe appearance of large bodies of water, when looked uponas a whole. The celebrated chemist Bunsen was the first to provedecisively that water is not colorless. He showed that awhite surface appears of a pale blue color when looked atthrough a… … Fig. 31. this likewise shows a bluish-green color, provided that thelayer through which we are looking is of sufficient thickness.This experiment has been reduced to avery simple form by Professor Beetz. Asmall, rectangular box is closed on oppositesides by glass plates coated with silver,…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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