Principles of the science of colour concisely stated to aid and promote their useful application in the decorative arts

William Benson

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/3387

Author

William Benson

Imprint

London: Chapman & Hall, 1868

Physical Description

vii, 43 p., [11] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 29 cm. (4°)

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a 20th century Royal Academy bookplate
Presented in 1869 by the author (see [RA Annual Report for 1869 p.28]
Inscribed in ink on the title page ‘Presented to the Library of the Royal Academy, by the author. William Benson, 22nd Feb 1869’

Subject

Colour - Colouring - Theory
Colour theory

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Scheme to show the true means between several pairs of colours

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William Benson

Coloured Plate representing sections at right angles with the primary axes of the cube

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Coloured Plate representing sections at right angles with the secondary axes

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Coloured Plate representing sections at right angles with the secondary cross axes

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William Benson

Coloured Plate representing sections at right angles with the tertiary cross axes

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William Benson

Coloured Plate representing sections at right angles with the tertiary axes of White

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