Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardization — John Shaqi
Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardizationLovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams)
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Light and Colour Theories, and their relation to light and colour standardization
Lovibond, Joseph W. (Joseph Williams)
Color; Light
Red, Yellow, and Blue should first be dealt with, and _for practical
work_ each pupil should be supplied with three water-colour pigments
closely corresponding in hue to the standardized glasses, viz., Crimson
Lake, Lemon Yellow, and Cobalt Blue; also with a piece of white paper
ruled into six small rectangular spaces corresponding to the little
windows of the apparatus.
As each colour is demonstrated by means of the glass in the apparatus,
each pupil should paint the corresponding pigment in its proper place
on the paper.
The little shutters being placed in all the six little windows, remove
the top left-hand shutter and insert a deep _Red_ glass, thus showing
=Red.=--The pupils will name this and then paint the corresponding
colour on their papers.
Next, remove the shutter below the first one, and insert a _Yellow_
glass of the same numerical value as the Red one, thus showing
=Yellow.=--The pupils will name this and then paint the corresponding
colour on their papers.
Now remove the shutter next below and insert a _Blue_ glass of the same
numerical value as the Red and Yellow ones, thus showing
=Blue.=--The pupils will name this and then paint the corresponding
colour on their papers.
+--------+--------+
| 1 | |
| | |
| RED | |
| | |
+--------+--------+
| 2 | |
| | |
| YELLOW | |
| | |
+--------+--------+
|3 | |
| | |
| BLUE | |
| | |
+--------+--------+
There are now exposed to view the three colours which are by artists
commonly called primaries, but it will be found convenient to term Red,
Yellow, and Blue the _Dominant_ colours of this system.
The second step is to show how the three secondary or subordinate
colours are derived or developed.
Remove the top right-hand shutter and insert a deep Red and a deep
Yellow glass of equal depth, showing the pupils that these two colours
combined in equal proportions develop
=Orange.=--The pupils will name this, and will then mix their Red and
Yellow pigments to obtain a similar Orange which will be painted in its
proper place on their papers.
Now remove the shutter next below and insert a deep Yellow and a deep
Blue glass of equal depth, showing the pupils that these two colours
combined in equal proportions develop
=Green.=--The pupils will name this, and will then mix their Blue and
Yellow pigments to obtain a similar Green which will be painted in its
proper place on their papers.
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