Complementary tints and juxtaposed colours
Date
1839
Creator
H Legrand, Engraver
Object type
Library reference
33061
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 280mm
width (print): 213mm
width (print): 213mm
Subject
Description
4 coloured spots surrounded by a complementary tint, simulating the optical effect of Chevreul’s second law of successive contrast. A further illustration shows two bands of juxtaposed colours, demonstrating the modification of one colour when observed next to another.
Plate 3, figures 8-12 to De la loi du contraste simultane des couleurs (The laws of contrast of colour) by Michel Eugene Chevreul (Paris 1839).
Inscribed ‘H. Legrand sc.’
Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) French chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.
Plate 3, figures 8-12 to De la loi du contraste simultane des couleurs (The laws of contrast of colour) by Michel Eugene Chevreul (Paris 1839).
Inscribed ‘H. Legrand sc.’
Michel Eugene Chevreul (1786-1889) French chemist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1826.