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Viewing-window for use on the colour diagrams within George's Field's 'Chromatics'. Field, George (British, 1777-1854). Paper template cut with two triangle-shaped flaps, which form a diamond shape in the centre of the sheet. To be placed over the explanatory diagrams in Field's book to isolate particular colour formations. Notes: The chemist George Field constructed a colour-circle from the basic colours of red, yellow and blue, thus wishing to take up a position opposed to Newton. Secondary and tertiary colours arise through progressive superimposition. Meanings were allocated to the colours: hot (red) and cold (blue) stand opposite one another; likewise advancing and retiring. George Field also saw a connection between colour and sound, and so draws our attention to one of the stumbling blocks of the era: namely, an understanding of the carrier medium of light.The colour-circle appeared in 1846 in a book about 'Chromatics', which dealt with the analogies and harmonies of colours. 'Chromatics, of the Analogy, Harmony and Philosophy of Colours', London 1846 (new issue of the 1st edition of 1817).
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