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A Color Notation A Measured Color System Based On The Three Qua

Writing from Samoa to Sidney Colvin in London, Stevenson[1] says: "Perhaps in the same way it might amuse you to send us any pattern of wall paper that might strike you as cheap, pretty, and suitable for a room in a hot and extremely bright climate. It should be borne in mind...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1

2. Chapter 2

3. Chapter 3

Writing from Samoa to Sidney Colvin in London, Stevenson[1] says: "Perhaps in the same way it might amuse you to send us any pattern of wall paper that might strike you as cheap...

4. Chapter 4

(21) Hue is the quality by which we distinguish one color from another, as a red from a yellow, a green, a blue, or a purple. This names the hue, but does not tell whether it is...

5. Chapter 5

(51) Having memorized these broad divisions of the study, a clever teacher will introduce many a detail, to meet the mood of the class, or correlate this subject with other stud...

6. Chapter 6

(54) Let us recall the names and order of colors given in the last chapter, with their assemblage in a sphere by the three qualities of HUE, VALUE, and CHROMA. It will aid the m...

7. Chapter 7

(87) The strongest sensation of color is gained in a darkened room, with a prism used to split a beam of sunlight into its various wave lengths. Through a narrow slit there ente...

8. Chapter 8

(102) The preceding chapters have built up an ideal color solid, in which every sensation of color finds its place and is clearly named by its degree of hue, value, and chroma.

9. Chapter 9

by Clerk-Maxwell, which gives us a result of mixing colors without the chemical risks of letting them come in contact, and also measures accurately the quantity of each which is...

10. Chapter 10

(132) The last chapter traced a series of steps leading to the construction of a practical color sphere. Each color was tested by appropriate instruments to assure its degree of...

11. Chapter 11

(146) Attempts to define the laws of harmonious color have not attained marked success, and the cause is not far to seek. The very sensations underlying these effects of concord...

12. Chapter 12

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