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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

C.
    Calico-printing, colours of, 118;
      false judgment of the value of recipes for colouring
          compositions, 119;
      laws of contrast demonstrated in, 119, 120;
      modifications which colours undergo on different
          coloured grounds, 120.
    Carmelite mixture, 108.
    Carpets, of Savonnerie, 102, 222;
      assortment of colours for, 161;
      corresponding to paintings in chiaro-’scuro, 219, 222;
      in flat tints, 224;
      effect of contrast on the browns and lights of, 208.
    Chairs, colour of, for harmonizing with the interior
          of a house, 157.
    Chemical nature of coloured bodies, 23.
    Chiaro-’scuro, art of painting on the system of, 69;
      various modifications of coloured light, 69, 70;
      of white light, 75 _et seq._;
      difficulties of, 85, 86;
      paintings in, 219 _et seq._
    Chromatic diagrams, 37;
      their construction, 39;
      their uses, 41 _et seq._
    Chromatic hemisphere, principles of the, 203.
    Churches, coloured glass windows in, 113 _et seq._, 147, 223;
      general decoration of the interior of, 147;
      white glass windows, 148.
    Clothing, harmony and contrast of colours in, 165;
      of men, _ib._;
      of women, 167.
    Coloured light, modifications of, 69 _et seq._
    Colouring in painting, 82 _et seq._
      (See PAINTING.)
    COLOURS, HARMONY and
          CONTRAST of, 1 _et seq._;
      simultaneous contrast of, 4, 8, 9, 10;
      effects of juxtaposition of, 11, 18, 21, 24;
      primary and secondary, 25;
      various kinds of contrast, 29;
      definitions of terms, 34;
      different distinctions of, 35;
      chromatic diagrams, 37 _et seq._;
      general harmony of, 46;
      assortments of, 49 _et seq._;
      modifications and effects of coloured light, 69 _et seq._;
      in painting, 82;
      in aërial perspective, 83;
      harmony of local colours, 85;
      the laws of contrast, 89, 95;
      distribution of, 101;
      of textile fabrics, 102, 105;
      of glass windows, 113, 147;
      colour printing of calicos, papers, &c., 118 _et seq._;
                      of clothing, 165;
      application of to horticulture, plants, flowers,
          &c., 179 _et seq._;
      employment of in architecture, 138-143;
      general principles of, 197;
      sight of, 198, 200;
      study of, 199;
      contiguous, 205;
      influence of one colour upon another, 206, 207;
      binary associations of, critically considered, 210;
      combination of, _ib._;
      complex associations of, 214;
      of tapestries, carpets, mosaics, &c. 219 _et seq._
    Combinations of colours, 55.
    Complementaries of colours, 18-23, 43, 45.
    Complementary colours, mixture of, for threads, 105;
      combination of, 210.
    Complexions of women, colours of, in association with
          the drapery, 169-171;
      effect of head-dresses upon the, 171-4, 175, 176;
      results of dress as applicable to portrait painting, 178;

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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)

Color

C.
    Calico-printing, colours of, 118;
      false judgment of the value of recipes for colouring
          compositions, 119;
      laws of contrast demonstrated in, 119, 120;
      modifications which colours undergo on different
          coloured grounds, 120.
    Carmelite mixture, 108.
    Carpets, of Savonnerie, 102, 222;
      assortment of colours for, 161;
      corresponding to paintings in chiaro-’scuro, 219, 222;
      in flat tints, 224;
      effect of contrast on the browns and lights of, 208.
    Chairs, colour of, for harmonizing with the interior
          of a house, 157.
    Chemical nature of coloured bodies, 23.
    Chiaro-’scuro, art of painting on the system of, 69;
      various modifications of coloured light, 69, 70;
      of white light, 75 _et seq._;
      difficulties of, 85, 86;
      paintings in, 219 _et seq._
    Chromatic diagrams, 37;
      their construction, 39;
      their uses, 41 _et seq._
    Chromatic hemisphere, principles of the, 203.
    Churches, coloured glass windows in, 113 _et seq._, 147, 223;
      general decoration of the interior of, 147;
      white glass windows, 148.
    Clothing, harmony and contrast of colours in, 165;
      of men, _ib._;
      of women, 167.
    Coloured light, modifications of, 69 _et seq._
    Colouring in painting, 82 _et seq._
      (See PAINTING.)
    COLOURS, HARMONY and
          CONTRAST of, 1 _et seq._;
      simultaneous contrast of, 4, 8, 9, 10;
      effects of juxtaposition of, 11, 18, 21, 24;
      primary and secondary, 25;
      various kinds of contrast, 29;
      definitions of terms, 34;
      different distinctions of, 35;
      chromatic diagrams, 37 _et seq._;
      general harmony of, 46;
      assortments of, 49 _et seq._;
      modifications and effects of coloured light, 69 _et seq._;
      in painting, 82;
      in aërial perspective, 83;
      harmony of local colours, 85;
      the laws of contrast, 89, 95;
      distribution of, 101;
      of textile fabrics, 102, 105;
      of glass windows, 113, 147;
      colour printing of calicos, papers, &c., 118 _et seq._;
                      of clothing, 165;
      application of to horticulture, plants, flowers,
          &c., 179 _et seq._;
      employment of in architecture, 138-143;
      general principles of, 197;
      sight of, 198, 200;
      study of, 199;
      contiguous, 205;
      influence of one colour upon another, 206, 207;
      binary associations of, critically considered, 210;
      combination of, _ib._;
      complex associations of, 214;
      of tapestries, carpets, mosaics, &c. 219 _et seq._
    Combinations of colours, 55.
    Complementaries of colours, 18-23, 43, 45.
    Complementary colours, mixture of, for threads, 105;
      combination of, 210.
    Complexions of women, colours of, in association with
          the drapery, 169-171;
      effect of head-dresses upon the, 171-4, 175, 176;
      results of dress as applicable to portrait painting, 178;

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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.

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