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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

L.
    Landscape, colours used in, 95;
      in paper-hangings, 121-3.
    Landscape gardening, 179.
      (See HORTICULTURE.)
    Light, different rays of, 1;
      its combinations of colour, 55.
    Light, modifications of, 69 _et seq._
    Light, influence of on printed or written paper, 137;
      contrast of tone in, 138.
    Lights of wool and silk employed in tapestry and carpets,
          effects of contrast on the, 208.
    Lines of plants, their arrangement, 187, 188.
    Luminous colours, 50;
      their association with black, 64;
      with grey, 65, 66.

                              M.
    Marbles, in the interior of a building, assortment of colours for, 164.
    Men’s clothing, colours of, 165, 166.
    Mixed contrast of colours, 29-33, 88.
    Mixtures, of the three primary colours, 108.
    Modifications of coloured light, 69, 70 _et seq._;
      of white light, 75 _et seq._
    Mosaics, corresponding to paintings in chiaro-’scuro, 219, 222;
      in flat tints, 224.
    Museums, on the interior decoration of, 149, 151.

                              N.
    Natural History, museums of, on the interior decoration of, 151.
    Non-complementary colours, combination of, 210, 211.

                              O.
    Opposition of colours, 67.
    Orange complementary to blue, 3, 16, 17, 18, 20;
      placed in juxtaposition with scarlet-red, 24;
      complementary to green, 43;
                    to violet, 44;
      effects of its predominance in a picture, 100.
    Orange and black, effects of juxtaposition of, 20.
    Orange and blue, mixture of for coloured threads, 106.
    Orange and green, change by juxtaposition, 26.
    Orange and green, assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 57;
      with grey, 61.
    Orange and grey, effects of juxtaposition of, 22.
    Orange and indigo, change by juxtaposition, 26.
    Orange and red, change by juxtaposition, 26.
    Orange and violet, assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 57;
      with grey, 61.
    Orange and white, effects of their juxtaposition, 18.
    Orange and yellow, change by juxtaposition, 27;
      assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 57;
      with grey, 61.
    Orange draperies, 171.
    Orange light, modifications produced by, 70.
    Orange-yellow, complementary to indigo, 16, 17, 21.

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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

L.
    Landscape, colours used in, 95;
      in paper-hangings, 121-3.
    Landscape gardening, 179.
      (See HORTICULTURE.)
    Light, different rays of, 1;
      its combinations of colour, 55.
    Light, modifications of, 69 _et seq._
    Light, influence of on printed or written paper, 137;
      contrast of tone in, 138.
    Lights of wool and silk employed in tapestry and carpets,
          effects of contrast on the, 208.
    Lines of plants, their arrangement, 187, 188.
    Luminous colours, 50;
      their association with black, 64;
      with grey, 65, 66.

                              M.
    Marbles, in the interior of a building, assortment of colours for, 164.
    Men’s clothing, colours of, 165, 166.
    Mixed contrast of colours, 29-33, 88.
    Mixtures, of the three primary colours, 108.
    Modifications of coloured light, 69, 70 _et seq._;
      of white light, 75 _et seq._
    Mosaics, corresponding to paintings in chiaro-’scuro, 219, 222;
      in flat tints, 224.
    Museums, on the interior decoration of, 149, 151.

                              N.
    Natural History, museums of, on the interior decoration of, 151.
    Non-complementary colours, combination of, 210, 211.

                              O.
    Opposition of colours, 67.
    Orange complementary to blue, 3, 16, 17, 18, 20;
      placed in juxtaposition with scarlet-red, 24;
      complementary to green, 43;
                    to violet, 44;
      effects of its predominance in a picture, 100.
    Orange and black, effects of juxtaposition of, 20.
    Orange and blue, mixture of for coloured threads, 106.
    Orange and green, change by juxtaposition, 26.
    Orange and green, assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 57;
      with grey, 61.
    Orange and grey, effects of juxtaposition of, 22.
    Orange and indigo, change by juxtaposition, 26.
    Orange and red, change by juxtaposition, 26.
    Orange and violet, assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 57;
      with grey, 61.
    Orange and white, effects of their juxtaposition, 18.
    Orange and yellow, change by juxtaposition, 27;
      assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 57;
      with grey, 61.
    Orange draperies, 171.
    Orange light, modifications produced by, 70.
    Orange-yellow, complementary to indigo, 16, 17, 21.

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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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