Experience and History 326 Æsthetic Influence 330 Chiaro-Scuro 331 Tendency to Colour 334 Keeping 335 Colouring 337 Colour in General Nature 337 Colour of Particular Objects 338 Characteristic Colouring 339 Harmonious Colouring 341 Genuine Tone 342 False Tone 342 Weak Colouring 343 The Motley 344 Dread of Theory 344 Ultimate Aim 345 Grounds 345 Pigments 348 Allegorical, Symbolical, Mystical Application of Colour 350 Concluding Observations 352
OUTLINE OF A THEORY OF COLOURS.
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INTRODUCTION.
The desire of knowledge is first stimulated in us when remarkable phenomena attract our attention. In order that this attention be continued, it is necessary that we should feel some interest in exercising it, and thus by degrees we become better acquainted with the object of our curiosity. During this process of observation we remark at first only a vast