OR, THE

ANALOGY, HARMONY, AND PHILOSOPHY

OF

COLOURS.

BY GEORGE FIELD,

AUTHOR OF " CHROMATOGRAPHY, OR A TREATISE ON COLOURS AND PIGMENTS, AND OF THEIR
POWERS IN PAINTING;" "OUTLINES OF ANALOGICAL PHILOSOPHY," ETC.

Preface

CONTENTS.

Page

vii

PART I. CHROMATICS, or the Analogy and Harmony of Colours.

CHAP. I.-Elementary Relations of Colours

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II.-Definite Relations, Composition, and Melody of
Colours

III.-Equivalent Relations, Contrasts, and Consonances.

of Colours

1

9

21

41

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44

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53

57

IV.—General Relations and Harmony of Colours.....
V.-Primary Harmonies, or Keys of Colouring
VI.-Secondary Harmonies, or Keys of Colouring

VII.-Tertiary Harmonies, or Keys of Colouring
VIII.-Universal Relations of Colours and Inversion of

XII.-Chemical Doctrine of Shade, Light, and Colours 147

XIII.-Optical Chromatics.-The Chromascope
XIV.-Dioptrical Chromatics.-The Metrochrome

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172

XV.-Catoptrical Chromatics.-The Catoptron ...

237

259

Index ...

PLATES.

I.-AUREOLÆ

II.-CHROMATIC EQUIVALENTS

III.-SCALE OF PRIMARY COLOURS

IV. SCALE OF PRIMARY AND SECONDARY COLOURS

V.-SCALE OF SECONDARIES

VI.-SCALE OF TERTIARIES

VII.-UNIVERSAL SCALE

VIII.-ANALOGOUS SCALE OF SOUNDS AND COLOURS

IX.-CHROMASCOPE

X.-METROCHROME

XI.-SCALES OF NATURE, &c.