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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

H.
    Hair, black, colours of bonnets suited for, 176.
    Hair, fair, colours of bonnets suited for, 175.
    Hair and head-dresses of women, colours of the, 168.
    Hangings, coloured, for the interior of a house, 152-7;
      colour of the wainscoting, relation to the, 155.
    Harmonies of contrast, 48, 217;
      analogy of in gardening, 182, 183, 184.
    Harmony of colours, 46;
      distinct kinds of, 48;
      law of, 95;
      between masses of trees in gardening and plantations, 192.
    Harmony and contrast of colours, 1 _et seq._
      (See COLOURS.)
    Head-dresses of women, colours of the, 171;
      effect of upon the complexion, 171-4.
    Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, colouring of, 139.
    HORTICULTURE, applications of colour to, 179;
      how to derive the greatest advantage from the various
          colours of flowers, 180;
      assortments of flowers, so far as they relate to the harmonies
          of contrast of colours, 181;
      contrast of hues, 182;
      harmonies of analogy, 182, 183;
      assortments of
    plants, 184;
      distribution of trees, 185;
      lines of plants, 187, 188;
      homogeneous masses of plants, 189;
      varied and isolated masses, 190;
      harmony between masses distant from each other, 192;
      arrangement of plantations, 193;
      symmetry and general harmony, 196;
      general principles of, 197 _et seq._
    Houses, decorations for the interior of, 152;
      hangings, 152-7;
      cornices, 157;
      chairs, sofas, &c., _ib._;
      on decorating the different rooms of the, 159;
      and their appropriate assortments, 160;
      carpets, 161;
      pictures, 162.
    Hues, definition of, 34, 35;
      harmony of, 48;
      harmony of contrast, _ib._;
      harmonies of contrast in flowers, 182;
      analogy of, 183.
    Human figures, tapestries for, 219.

                              I.
    Imitation of colouring, 101.
    Indigo, complementary to orange-yellow, 3, 16, 17.
    Indigo and black, effects of juxtaposition of, 21.
    Indigo and grey, effects of juxtaposition of, 22.
    Indigo and red, changed by juxtaposition, 27.
    Indigo and violet, changed by juxtaposition, 27.
    Indigo and white, effects of their juxtaposition, 19.
    Interiors of buildings, painters of, 101;
      various assortments of colours in, 143;
      stuffs with the wood of seats, _ib._;
      frames for pictures and engravings, _ib._;
      of churches, 147;
      of museums and galleries, 149;
      of houses, 152 _et seq._;
      when the walls are panelled, or covered with marble or stucco, 163.

                              J.
    Juxtaposition of colours, 11, 211, 212;
      of coloured surfaces with white, 18;
      with black, 19;
      with grey, 21;
      of coloured bodies belonging to the same group of coloured rays, 24.

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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

H.
    Hair, black, colours of bonnets suited for, 176.
    Hair, fair, colours of bonnets suited for, 175.
    Hair and head-dresses of women, colours of the, 168.
    Hangings, coloured, for the interior of a house, 152-7;
      colour of the wainscoting, relation to the, 155.
    Harmonies of contrast, 48, 217;
      analogy of in gardening, 182, 183, 184.
    Harmony of colours, 46;
      distinct kinds of, 48;
      law of, 95;
      between masses of trees in gardening and plantations, 192.
    Harmony and contrast of colours, 1 _et seq._
      (See COLOURS.)
    Head-dresses of women, colours of the, 171;
      effect of upon the complexion, 171-4.
    Hieroglyphics, Egyptian, colouring of, 139.
    HORTICULTURE, applications of colour to, 179;
      how to derive the greatest advantage from the various
          colours of flowers, 180;
      assortments of flowers, so far as they relate to the harmonies
          of contrast of colours, 181;
      contrast of hues, 182;
      harmonies of analogy, 182, 183;
      assortments of
    plants, 184;
      distribution of trees, 185;
      lines of plants, 187, 188;
      homogeneous masses of plants, 189;
      varied and isolated masses, 190;
      harmony between masses distant from each other, 192;
      arrangement of plantations, 193;
      symmetry and general harmony, 196;
      general principles of, 197 _et seq._
    Houses, decorations for the interior of, 152;
      hangings, 152-7;
      cornices, 157;
      chairs, sofas, &c., _ib._;
      on decorating the different rooms of the, 159;
      and their appropriate assortments, 160;
      carpets, 161;
      pictures, 162.
    Hues, definition of, 34, 35;
      harmony of, 48;
      harmony of contrast, _ib._;
      harmonies of contrast in flowers, 182;
      analogy of, 183.
    Human figures, tapestries for, 219.

                              I.
    Imitation of colouring, 101.
    Indigo, complementary to orange-yellow, 3, 16, 17.
    Indigo and black, effects of juxtaposition of, 21.
    Indigo and grey, effects of juxtaposition of, 22.
    Indigo and red, changed by juxtaposition, 27.
    Indigo and violet, changed by juxtaposition, 27.
    Indigo and white, effects of their juxtaposition, 19.
    Interiors of buildings, painters of, 101;
      various assortments of colours in, 143;
      stuffs with the wood of seats, _ib._;
      frames for pictures and engravings, _ib._;
      of churches, 147;
      of museums and galleries, 149;
      of houses, 152 _et seq._;
      when the walls are panelled, or covered with marble or stucco, 163.

                              J.
    Juxtaposition of colours, 11, 211, 212;
      of coloured surfaces with white, 18;
      with black, 19;
      with grey, 21;
      of coloured bodies belonging to the same group of coloured rays, 24.

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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.

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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