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Title: The laws of contrast of colour

and their application to the arts of painting, decoration of buildings, mosaic work, tapestry and carpet weaving, calico printing, dress, paper staining, printing, military clothing, illumination, landscape, and flower gardening, &c.

Author: M. E. Chevreul

Translator: John Spanton

Release date: September 27, 2025 [eBook #76939]

Language: English

Original publication: London: Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1861

Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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PLATE IX.

THE LAWS OF
CONTRAST OF COLOUR:

AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE ARTS

OF

PAINTING, DECORATION OF BUILDINGS, MOSAIC WORK, TAPESTRY AND
CARPET WEAVING, CALICO-PRINTING, DRESS, PAPER-STAINING,
PRINTING, MILITARY CLOTHING,

Illumination, Landscape, and Flower Gardening, &c.

By M. E. CHEVREUL,

DIRECTOR OF THE DYE WORKS OF THE GOBELINS,
ETC. ETC.

TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY

JOHN SPANTON.

NEW EDITION,

With Illustrations printed in Colours.

LONDON:
ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, AND ROUTLEDGE,
FARRINGDON STREET.
NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET.
1861.