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Color mixing guide / For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts cover

Color mixing guide / For artists, painters, decorators, printing pressmen, show card writers, sign painters, color mixers. Gives color mixtures by parts

Chapter 114: INDEX
By John L. King
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The manual explains color as an effect of light and presents yellow, red and blue as primary pigments from which secondary and tertiary hues are produced. It provides practical mixing rules and proportions for obtaining tints, shades, warm and cool variations, and advises how to lighten, deepen or neutralize colors using white, black and complementary tones. The text distinguishes organic and inorganic pigments, discusses sources and the role of mordants, and offers selection guidance for applied trades. It notes color-blindness as an occupational consideration and highlights color harmony, recommending nature as a model for balanced combinations.

INDEX

  • Art of Color Mixing, 4
  • Altering Color, 5
  • Color Chart, _
  • Color-Blindness, 5
  • Color Harmony, 7
  • Color Mixtures, 28
  • Color Mixtures by Parts, 21
  • Complimentary and Harmonious Color Combinations, 18
  • Colors as Seen by Individuals, 27
  • Extremes of Warm and Cold, 4
  • Good Greens, 41
  • Hints for Artists, 65
  • Hints for Painters and Decorators, 47
  • Hints for Pressmen, 57
  • Meaning of Colors, 3
  • Matching Special Colors, 9
  • Miscellaneous Colors by Parts, 44
  • Miscellaneous, 60
  • Nature’s Color Chart, 6
  • Origin and Definition of Colors, 10
  • Pigment, 6
  • Tint Mixing, 8
  • Tint Mixtures by Parts, 24
  • Two Color Mixtures by Parts, 41
  • What Is Color, 3
  • Warm and Cold Colors, 3
BUSTANOBY’S HOW TO MIX COLORS
By JACQUES H. BUSTANOBY

A new practical book by a color expert, for students, artists, dyers, decorators, show card writers, painters, printers, pressmen, etc., to assist them in mixing oil colors to obtain standard and popular hues in as permanent and practical manner as possible. Great thought has been given to the permanency of the resultant colors. It takes the guess work out of color mixing.

The book gives also the results of tests for the most legible contrasts of color for show cards, posters, billboards and large outdoor advertising display signs—60 of them.

This book is 4¾ x 7 inches in size, contains 112 pages with colored frontispiece and 406 formulas for 268 colors and shades, is built to fit the pocket readily, and is bound in heavy paper covers. Sent postpaid upon receipt of Price, $1.00.