The philosophy of color
The Philosophy of Color is a 1904 New York treatise by C. R. Clifford, published by Clifford & Lawton, with a Getty Research Institute copy. Its pictures are rotated line drawings of rooms built around colour harmonies such as contrast and analogy, with captions naming each scheme's hues. A designer could take from them how a single interior can be arranged around a limited palette, with wall panels, textiles and furniture set against one another.














