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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

R.
    Rays of solar light, 1.
    Rays, Coloured, juxtaposition of coloured bodies with, 24.
    Reading, on the assortment of colours for,
          by diffused daylight, 138.
    Red, complementary to green, 3, 15, 16, 18, 20;
      placed in contact with orange-red, 24;
      its arrangement with a binary colour, 63.
    Red and black, effects of juxtaposition of, 20.
    Red and blue, change of by juxtaposition, 27;
      assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 56;
      with grey, 60;
      mixture of, for coloured threads, 105.
    Red and green, assortments of with white, 51;
      with black, 55;
      with grey, 59;
      mixture of, for coloured threads, 106.
    Red and grey, effects of the juxtaposition of, 21.
    Red and violet, assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 56;
      with grey, 61.
    Red and white, effects of their juxtaposition, 18.
    Red and yellow, change by juxtaposition, 27;
      assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 56;
      with grey, 60;
      mixture of for coloured threads, 104.
    Reflection, laws of, 75.
    Rose-red draperies, 169.

                              S.
    Savonnerie carpets, 102, 222.
    Scales of colours, definition of, 34;
      chromatic, 36 _et seq._;
      their different tones, 47;
      harmony of, 48;
      harmony of contrast of, _ib._;
      of wool and silk employed in tapestry and carpet, 208.
    School of painters, 226.
    Screen of plants, 187, 188.
    Sculpture Galleries, on the interior decoration of, 150.
    Seats in the interior of buildings, assortment of colours for, 143.
    Secondary colours, 25, 26.
    Shrubs, small masses of, designated a bed, 187.
    Sight of colours, 198, 200.
    Silk employed in tapestry and carpets, effect of contrast upon
          the browns and lights of, 208.
    Simple colours, pass by juxtaposition into compound colours, 25.
    Simultaneous contrast of colours, 4, 8, 9, 10, 29;
      application of the law of, 34;
      in painting, 87;
      in calico-printing, 119, 121;
      principles of, 205.
    Skin, the coloured rays which may reflect upon the, 171.
    Skins, copper-coloured, black, or olive, assortment of dress
          suited for each, 177.
    Sofas, colour of, for harmonizing with the interior of a house, 157.
    Solar light, rays of, 1.
    Sombre colours, 50;
      proportion of to luminous ones, 66.
    Spotty, use of the term, 101.
    Stained glass windows, 113 _et seq._, 147.
      (See GLASS.)
    Stripes, Coloured, juxtaposition of, 24.
    Stuffs, Coloured, modifications of, 78, 79;
      in the interior of buildings, assortment of colours for, 143.
    Successive contrast of colours, 29.
    Sun, modifications produced by the light of the, 73.

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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

R.
    Rays of solar light, 1.
    Rays, Coloured, juxtaposition of coloured bodies with, 24.
    Reading, on the assortment of colours for,
          by diffused daylight, 138.
    Red, complementary to green, 3, 15, 16, 18, 20;
      placed in contact with orange-red, 24;
      its arrangement with a binary colour, 63.
    Red and black, effects of juxtaposition of, 20.
    Red and blue, change of by juxtaposition, 27;
      assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 56;
      with grey, 60;
      mixture of, for coloured threads, 105.
    Red and green, assortments of with white, 51;
      with black, 55;
      with grey, 59;
      mixture of, for coloured threads, 106.
    Red and grey, effects of the juxtaposition of, 21.
    Red and violet, assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 56;
      with grey, 61.
    Red and white, effects of their juxtaposition, 18.
    Red and yellow, change by juxtaposition, 27;
      assortments of with white, 52;
      with black, 56;
      with grey, 60;
      mixture of for coloured threads, 104.
    Reflection, laws of, 75.
    Rose-red draperies, 169.

                              S.
    Savonnerie carpets, 102, 222.
    Scales of colours, definition of, 34;
      chromatic, 36 _et seq._;
      their different tones, 47;
      harmony of, 48;
      harmony of contrast of, _ib._;
      of wool and silk employed in tapestry and carpet, 208.
    School of painters, 226.
    Screen of plants, 187, 188.
    Sculpture Galleries, on the interior decoration of, 150.
    Seats in the interior of buildings, assortment of colours for, 143.
    Secondary colours, 25, 26.
    Shrubs, small masses of, designated a bed, 187.
    Sight of colours, 198, 200.
    Silk employed in tapestry and carpets, effect of contrast upon
          the browns and lights of, 208.
    Simple colours, pass by juxtaposition into compound colours, 25.
    Simultaneous contrast of colours, 4, 8, 9, 10, 29;
      application of the law of, 34;
      in painting, 87;
      in calico-printing, 119, 121;
      principles of, 205.
    Skin, the coloured rays which may reflect upon the, 171.
    Skins, copper-coloured, black, or olive, assortment of dress
          suited for each, 177.
    Sofas, colour of, for harmonizing with the interior of a house, 157.
    Solar light, rays of, 1.
    Sombre colours, 50;
      proportion of to luminous ones, 66.
    Spotty, use of the term, 101.
    Stained glass windows, 113 _et seq._, 147.
      (See GLASS.)
    Stripes, Coloured, juxtaposition of, 24.
    Stuffs, Coloured, modifications of, 78, 79;
      in the interior of buildings, assortment of colours for, 143.
    Successive contrast of colours, 29.
    Sun, modifications produced by the light of the, 73.

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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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