The Encyclopedia Americana: The International Reference Work, Volume 7Americana Corporation, 1955 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... light given by the color . A tint is a departure from a normal or dominant spectral hue in regard to purity , i.e. , tints are whiter than the arbitrarily selected normal . A shade is darker than the normal and may be produced by ...
... light given by the color . A tint is a departure from a normal or dominant spectral hue in regard to purity , i.e. , tints are whiter than the arbitrarily selected normal . A shade is darker than the normal and may be produced by ...
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... light would reproduce itself , in both form and color . The search for a method which would capture an image was stimulated by the light picture in a camera obscura , for this image was a detailed miniature of a scene , and it was in ...
... light would reproduce itself , in both form and color . The search for a method which would capture an image was stimulated by the light picture in a camera obscura , for this image was a detailed miniature of a scene , and it was in ...
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... light waves . The colors used however , must be technically correct , each representing about one - third of the spectrum . In the aggre- gate these colors will comprise practically all of the wave lengths of white light , and , in ...
... light waves . The colors used however , must be technically correct , each representing about one - third of the spectrum . In the aggre- gate these colors will comprise practically all of the wave lengths of white light , and , in ...
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