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The laws of contrast of colour : $b and their application to the arts of painting, decoration of buildings, mosaic work, tapestry and carpet weaving, calico printing, dress, paper staining, printing, military clothing, illumination, landscape, and flower gardening, &c.Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène)

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The laws of contrast of colour : $b and their application to the arts of painting, decoration of buildings, mosaic work, tapestry and carpet weaving, calico printing, dress, paper staining, printing, military clothing, illumination, landscape, and flower gardening, &c.

Name: The laws of contrast of colour : $b and their application to the arts of painting, decoration of buildings, mosaic work, tapestry and carpet weaving, calico printing, dress, paper staining, printing, military clothing, illumination, landscape, and flower gardening, &c.
Author: Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène)

Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène)

Color

14. No 1. { Red inclines to Violet.
              { Orange     ”    Yellow.
           2. { Red        ”    Violet.
              { Yellow     ”    Green.
           3. { Red        ”    Yellow.
              { Blue       ”    Green.
           4. { Red        ”    Yellow.
              { Indigo     ”    Blue.
           5. { Red        ”    Yellow.
              { Violet     ”    Indigo.
           6. { Orange     ”    Red.
              { Yellow     ”    Bright Green.
           7. { Orange     ”    Bright Red.
              { Green      ”    Blue.
           8. { Orange     ”    Yellow.
              { Indigo     ”    Blue.
           9. { Orange     ”    Yellow.
              { Violet     ”    Indigo.
          10. {Yellow      ”    Bright Orange.
              { Green      ”    Blue.
          11. { Yellow     ”    Orange.
              { Blue       ”    Indigo.
          12. { Green      ”    Yellow.
              { Blue       ”    Indigo.
          13. { Green      ”    Yellow.
              { Indigo     ”    Violet.
          14. { Green      ”    Yellow.
              { Violet     ”    Red.
          15. { Blue       ”    Green.
              { Indigo     ”    Deep Violet.
          16. { Blue       ”    Green.
              { Violet     ”    Red.
          17. { Indigo     ”    Blue.
              { Violet     ”    Red.

15. It thus appears from the experiments described in this chapter that
two coloured surfaces in juxtaposition, viewed simultaneously, present
to the eye two modifications—one relative to the depth of tone of their
respective colours, and the other relative to the physical composition
of those colours.




CHAPTER II.


_The Law of the Simultaneous Contrast of Colours, and the Formula which
represents it._

16. After I had assured myself that the preceding phenomena were
constant for my sight when it was not fatigued, and that many persons,
accustomed to judge of colours, saw them as I did, I sought to reduce
them to an expression sufficiently general to render it possible
to predicate the effect which would be produced upon the organ of
vision by the juxtaposition of two given colours. All the phenomena
that I have observed seem to depend upon a very simple law, which in
its most general sense may be enunciated in these terms: When two
contiguous colours are seen at the same time, they appear as dissimilar
as possible, both with regard to their optical composition and their
depth of tone. Therefore there may be at once simultaneous contrast of
colour, properly so called, and simultaneous contrast of tone.

The laws of contrast of colour : $b and their application to the arts of painting, decoration of buildings, mosaic work, tapestry and carpet weaving, calico printing, dress, paper staining, printing, military clothing, illumination, landscape, and flower gardening, &c.

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