[] Article on "Impressionism," Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th Edition.
[c] L'Impressionism, son histoire, son esthétique, ses maîtres.
[d] Le Journal des Arts, 1909.
[e] Article on "Impressionism," Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition.
[f] Handbook of Modern French Painting.
[g] Fifty Years of Modern Painting.
[h] History of Modern Painting, vol. iii.
[NOTE 13. PAGE 35]
The reason given by impressionists for the juxtaposition of pure colours is that the natural blend produced is more brilliant than the tone from the mixed colours applied, but it is pointed out by Moreau-Vauthier that the contrary is the case. He says[a]:
We find in practice that the parent colours do not, with material colours, produce the theoretical binaries. We get dark, dull greens, oranges, and violets, that clash with the parent colours. To make them harmonize we should be obliged to dim these material colours, to transform them, and consequently to lose them partly.