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.
Chevreul, M. E. (Michel Eugène)
Color
220. _Grey and Rose_ are a little dull and inferior to _Black and
Rose_. All the binary arrangements of _grey_, except, perhaps, that of
_orange_, are inferior to those of _white_.
B.—_Ternary Combinations of Complementary Colours with Grey_.
221. _Red_, _Green_, _&c_.—1. _Red, Green_, &c. 2. _Grey, Red, Green,
Grey_, &c. 3. _Grey, Red, Grey, Green, Grey_, &c. If it be doubtful
whether the binary assortment of _grey, red, and green_, be favourable,
it cannot be called injurious. The third assortment is, perhaps,
inferior to that in which the grey is replaced by _black_.
222. _Blue and Orange._—1. _Blue, Orange_, &c. 2. _Grey, Blue, Orange,
Grey_. 3. _Grey, Blue, Grey, Orange, Grey_, &c. I prefer the first
arrangement to the two others.
223. _Yellow and Violet._—1. _Yellow, Violet_, &c. 2. _Grey, Yellow,
Violet, Grey_, &c. 3. _Grey, Yellow, Grey, Violet, Grey_, &c. Although
the arrangements 2 and 3 are lighter than the arrangements in which
_grey_ is replaced by _black_, yet the binary arrangement appears to me
preferable to the ternary.
C.—_Ternary Assortments of Colours not Complementary to each other with
Grey._
224. _Red and Orange._—1. _Red, Orange_, &c. 2. _Grey, Red, Orange,
Grey_, &c. 3. _Grey, Red, Grey, Orange, Grey_, &c. The arrangements
2 and 3 are preferable to the binary. The third is preferable to the
second. In short, the grey produces, with _red_ and _orange_, a better
effect than _white_, but the effect is inferior to that of _black_.
225. _Red and Yellow._—1. _Red, Yellow_, &c. 2. _Grey, Red, Yellow,
Green_, &c. 3. _Grey, Red, Grey, Yellow, Grey_, &c. Although the grey
combines well with the _red_ and the _yellow_, it has not so decidedly
advantageous an effect as _black_ in the binary arrangement.
226. _Red and Blue._—1. _Red, Blue_, &c. 2. _Grey, Red, Blue, Grey_,
&c. 3. _Grey, Red, Grey, Blue, Grey_, &c. The arrangement 2 is
preferable to 3. I dare not say to 1. The effect of grey is inferior to
that of _white_.
227. _Red and Violet._—1. _Red, Violet_, &c. 2. _Grey, Red, Violet,
Grey_, &c. 3. _Grey, Red, Grey, Violet, Grey_, &c. The assortment 3
appears to me superior to 2, and the second to the first; but it is
difficult to say whether _grey_ is superior to _black_. I am certain it
is superior to _white_.
228. _Orange and Yellow._—1. _Orange, Yellow_, &c. 2. _Grey, Orange,
Yellow, Grey_, &c. 3. _Grey, Orange, Grey, Yellow, Grey_, &c. The
assortment 3 appears to me preferable to 2; the harmony of contrast is
less intense than with _black_. The assortment 3 is, perhaps, superior
to the assortment of _white, orange, white, yellow, white_.
229. _Orange and Green._—1. _Orange, Green_, &c. 2. _Grey, Orange,
Green, Grey_, &c. 3. _Grey, Orange, Grey, Green, Grey_, &c. Grey
combines well with _orange_ and _green_, but it does not contrast so
agreeably as _black_ or _white_.
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