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
cessarily see that part of the image-jJ which is seen through the water, in the colorwhich is peculiar to this liquid. Employingdistilled water we shall find the color to bea pure blue, like that of the Alpine lakes.If the water is not perfectly pure, but holdsmore or less of organic matter in… … THE THEORY OF COLOR. 69 impression which it produces upon us. When the surface isquiet this reflection may assert itself to such a degree, thatthe water acts simply as a glass, and that hardly any lightfrom below the surface is transmitted to the eye of the ob-server. At the same time the ratio…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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