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 129
an-blue will be absorbed by the layer of gam-boge which follows. It is apparent, therefore, that none butthe green rays, and those which are closely related to them, can pass through amixture of the twocolors named, and thatsuch a mixture mustappear green in con-sequence. This willbest be… … THE THEORY OF COLOR. 87 The spectrum of the mixture of the two pigments thereforeconsists of the rays which are finally left, as shown in Fig. 5of Plate I. It is evident that the process we are here dealingwith is equivalent to the arithmetical operation of subtraction.One of the pigments destroys…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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