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 203
by introducing white or black sectors, the brightness and thefulness of the inducing color can be varied at will, and theinfluence exercised by each element can thus be studied withthe greatest ease. It is indeed difficult to take actual measurements as to thecomposition of the gray best fitted to… … THE THEORY OF COLOR. 161 it is darker, and that in the case of green and purple a me-dium degree of brightness is the most favorable. This dependence of the intensity of the contrasting colorupon the proportions of brightness in the reacting and theinducing surface may in a general way be expressed…
Color · Decoration and ornament · Painting
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