 ... which becomes paler as the density of the medium is increased ; but on the contrary becomes darker and deeper as the medium becomes more transparent. In the least degree of dimness short of absolute transparency, the deep blue becomes the most beautiful...  Goethe's Theory of Colours - Page 62by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sir Charles Lock Eastlake - 1840 - 423 pagesFull view - About this book
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...semi-transparent medium, which is itself illuminated by a light striking on it, a blue colour appears ; which becomes lighter and paler as the density of the medium...In the least degree of dimness, short of absolute transparency, this deep blue approaches the most beautiful violeti One of the cases adduced by our... | |
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