Colour circle
Date
1861
Creator
Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786 - 1889, French) , Chemist
Object type
Library reference
33074
Material
Subject
Description
A colour circle displaying a range of primary and secondary colours in a variety of shades, namely: green, yellow, orange, red, violet and blue.
Figure 4 from Michel Eugene Chevreul’s Expose d'un moyen de definier et de nommer les coleurs d'apres unem ethode precise et experimentale… [Presenting a way to define and name the colours according to a precise and experimental method…]
The inscription in the centre of the circle, Chevreul explains that the circle is based on three primary ‘zones’:
‘La zone RR represente le rouge
La zone JJ represente la jaune
La zone BB repersente le bleu [..]
Toutes les zones intermediares sont formees de 2 couleurs’
[‘The RR zone represents the red
The JJ zone represents the yellow
The BB zone represents the blue [..]
All intermediate areas are formed of two colours.’]
In utilising the form of a circle, Chevreul was promoting his theory from The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours (1839): when viewed side-by-side colours will influence each other.
Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) French chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
Figure 4 from Michel Eugene Chevreul’s Expose d'un moyen de definier et de nommer les coleurs d'apres unem ethode precise et experimentale… [Presenting a way to define and name the colours according to a precise and experimental method…]
The inscription in the centre of the circle, Chevreul explains that the circle is based on three primary ‘zones’:
‘La zone RR represente le rouge
La zone JJ represente la jaune
La zone BB repersente le bleu [..]
Toutes les zones intermediares sont formees de 2 couleurs’
[‘The RR zone represents the red
The JJ zone represents the yellow
The BB zone represents the blue [..]
All intermediate areas are formed of two colours.’]
In utilising the form of a circle, Chevreul was promoting his theory from The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours (1839): when viewed side-by-side colours will influence each other.
Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) French chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
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