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
+----------+----------+
| 1 | 4 |
| | |
| RED | ORANGE |
| | |
+----------+----------+
| 2 | 5 |
| | |
| YELLOW | GREEN |
| | |
+----------+----------+
|3 | 6 |
| | |
| BLUE | VIOLET |
| | |
+----------+----------+
Remove the last right-hand shutter and insert a deep Red and a deep
Blue glass of equal depth, showing that these two colours combined in
equal proportions develop
=Violet.=--The pupils will name this, and mix their Blue and Red
pigments to obtain a similar Violet, which will also be painted in its
proper place on their papers.
Now are exposed to view on the left-hand side the three primary or
dominant colours, and on the right-hand side the three secondary
or subordinate colours, and the whole frame is filled with the six
spectrum colours in equal colour depth. Corresponding to the colours
in the frame, each pupil’s paper should show a similar arrangement of
colours, and the pupils can be taught their spectrum order by reading
them in rows horizontally--Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, and Violet.
The teacher should now take out the coloured glasses and replace the
shutters, except the two top windows, one of which is left open to
show white light, and the other filled with three equally deep glasses
in Red, Yellow, and Blue, showing either black or neutral grey, and
demonstrating the total or partial absorption of light according
to their higher or lower numerical unit value. It is of the utmost
importance to bear in mind that the glasses are graded for diffused
daylight, and that all artificial lights are more or less coloured and
would give a different effect. The same remark applies to light taken
direct from coloured objects.
In this set the six windows are in one horizontal line, and should be
uncovered in the following order:
{ No. 1 Window for Red.
Dominants { " 3 " Yellow.
{ " 5 " Blue.
{ " 2 " Orange.
Subordinates { " 4 " Green.
{ " 6 " Violet.
One advantage in this method is that when all the colours are in they
are arranged in their spectrum order.
=Complex Colours.=--We have demonstrated that single standard glasses
develop the three Dominant colours, Red, Yellow, and Blue, and that
pairs of equal standard glasses develop the three Subordinate colours,
Orange, Green, and Violet. In order to produce complex colours
two standard glasses of unequal value must be used. The degree of
inequality does not alter the spectroscopic names of complex colours,
variation in proportions being only a statement of degree.
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