The theory of effect : embracing the contrast of light and shade, of colour and harmony (1851)
Bengo, John, Hinckley, C. T · Philadelphia : J.W. Moore · leaf 23
The strongest contrast to a light is by makingthat Hght the only hght in the picture, all the restbeing in shade. A square flat shade is best contrasted by anysmall irregular lights, as in Fig. 13; the squarenessof the tomb is contrasted by the light leaves of thebramble which hang over it. Fig. 13. … Every light or shade may be contrasted by alight or shade of a different form, according torules given for contrast of form. ON THE CONTRAST OF COLOUR. 19 ON THE CONTRAST OF COLOUR. There are three primitive colours, with whichall colours may be made; these colours are yellow,blue, and red, each of…
Drawing · Shades and shadows
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