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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 188

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crayon papers of different shades. If we cut two THE THEORY OF COLOR. 145 pieces of moderate size from a sheet of such paper, and thenlay one of them upon a lighter, the other upon a darker sheet,it will appear almost incredible that both pieces were cut fromone and the same sheet, and the fact… … placed upon a larger disk, the sectors of which differ in shad-ing. The fact that all the small disks are in reality perfectlyalike can easily be ascertained by covering the figure with apiece, of untransparent paper into which two small holes havebeen cut, so that two of the disks can be seen…

Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting

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