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Field's Chromatography : a treatise on colours and pigments for the use of artists

Field, George, 1777?-1854, Taylor, J. Scott (John Scott) · 1885 · London : Winsor and Newton · 4 pictures

Field's Chromatography is a colour treatise published in London by Winsor and Newton in 1885, revised by J. Scott Taylor from George Field's earlier work, written for working artists. Its plates show contrast and simultaneous colour experiments with grey and coloured discs, a labelled spectrum band, and a colour triangle blending red, yellow, green, blue and violet toward a white centre, which suggests studies in colour relationships a designer could adapt for palettes.

Color · Pigments

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