law of simultaneous contrast

color theory

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complementary colors

place in Chevreul’s colour theory

  • In painting: Color

    …exaltation of opposites as the law of simultaneous contrast. Chevreul’s second law, of successive contrast, referred to the optical sensation that a complementary color halo appears gradually to surround an intense hue. This complementary glow is superimposed on surrounding weaker colors, a gray becoming greenish when juxtaposed with red, reddish…

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