[3] In the present translation the necessary plates accompany the text.
[CONTENTS]
| INTRODUCTION | xxxvii | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| PART I. PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOURS. | |||
| I. | Effects of Light and Darkness on the Eye | [2] | |
| II. | Effects of Black and White Objects on the Eye | [5] | |
| III. | Grey Surfaces and Objects | [14] | |
| IV. | Dazzling Colourless Objects | [16] | |
| V. | Coloured Objects | [20] | |
| VI. | Coloured Shadows | [29] | |
| VII. | Faint Lights | [38] | |
| VIII. | Subjective Halos | [40] | |
| Pathological Colours—Appendix | [45] | ||
| PART II. PHYSICAL COLOURS. | |||
| IX. | Dioptrical Colours | [59] | |
| X. | Dioptrical Colours of the First Class | [60] | |
| XI. | Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class —Refraction | [74] | |
| Subjective Experiments | [80] | ||
| XII. | Refraction without the Appearance of Colour | [80] | |
| XIII. | Conditions of the Appearance of Colour | [81] | |
| XIV. | Conditions under which the Appearance of | ||
| Colour increases | [86] | ||
| XV. | Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena | [90] | |
| XVI. | Decrease of the Appearance of Colour | [100] | |
| XVII. | Grey Objects displaced by Refraction | [103] | |
| XVIII. | Coloured Objects displaced by Refraction | [106] | |
| XIX. | Achromatism and Hyperchromatism | [118] | |
| XX. | Advantages of Subjective Experiments —Transition to the Objective | [123] | |
| Objective Experiments | [125] | ||
| XXI. | Refraction without the Appearance of Colour | [121] | |
| XXII. | Conditions of the Appearance of Colour | [128] | |
| XXIII. | Conditions of the Increase of Colour | [134] | |
| XXIV. | Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena | [139] | |
| XXV. | Decrease of the Appearance of Colour | [141] | |
| XXVI. | Grey Objects | [142] | |
| XXVII. | Coloured Objects | [143] | |
| XXVIII. | Achromatism and Hyperchromatism | [145] | |
| XXIX. | Combination of Subjective and Objective Experiments | [147] | |
| XXX. | Transition | [150] | |
| XXXI. | Catoptrical Colours | [154] | |
| XXXII. | Paroptical Colours | [163] | |
| XXXIII. | Epoptical Colours | [177] | |
| PART III. CHEMICAL COLOURS. | |||
| XXXIV. | Chemical Contrast | [202] | |
| XXXV. | White | [203] | |
| XXXVI. | Black | [205] | |
| XXXVII. | First Excitation of Colour | [206] | |
| XXXVIII. | Augmentation of Colour | [212] | |
| XXXIX. | Culmination | [214] | |
| XL. | Fluctuation | [217] | |
| XLI. | Passage through the Whole Scale | [218] | |
| XLII. | Inversion | [220] | |
| XLIII. | Fixation | [221] | |
| XLIV. | Intermixture, Real | [223] | |
| XLV. | Intermixture, Apparent | [226] | |
| XLVI. | Communication, Actual | [230] | |
| XLVII. | Communication, Apparent | [235] | |
| XLVIII. | Extraction | [237] | |
| XLIX. | Nomenclature | [242] | |
| L. | Minerals | [245] | |
| LI. | Plants | [247] | |
| LII. | Worms, Insects, Fishes | [252] | |
| LIII. | Birds | [259] | |
| LIV. | Mammalia and Human Beings | [262] | |
| LV. | Physical and Chemical Effects of theTransmission of Light through Coloured Mediums | [266] | |
| LVI. | Chemical Effect in Dioptrical Achromatism | [270] | |
PART IV.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS.
The Facility with which Colour appears [274]
The Definite Nature of Colour [276]
Combination of the Two Principles [277]
Augmentation to Red [277]
Junction of the Two Augmented Extremes [278]
Completeness the Result of Variety in Colour [279]
Harmony of the Complete State [280]
Facility with which Colour may be made to tend either to
the Plus or Minus side [281]
Evanescence of Colour [281]
Permanence of Colour [282]
PART V.
RELATION TO OTHER PURSUITS.
Relation to Philosophy [283]
Relation to Mathematics [286]
Relation to the Technical Operations of the Dyer [289]
Relation to Physiology and Pathology [291]
Relation to Natural History [292]
Relation to General Physics [293]
Relation to the Theory of Music [298]
Concluding Observations on Terminology [300]
PART VI.
EFFECT OF COLOUR WITH REFERENCE
TO MORAL ASSOCIATIONS.