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John Locke

An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Section S4

Section 320 of 1,114

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Those of colours are also very various: some we take notice of as the different degrees, or as they were termed shades, of the same colour. But since we very seldom make assemblages of colours, either for use or delight, but figure is taken in also, and has its part in it, as in painting, weaving, needleworks, &c.; - those which are taken notice of do most commonly belong to MIXED MODES, as being made up of ideas of divers kinds, viz. figure and colour, such as beauty, rainbow, &c.

French

Pierre Coste · Pierre Mortier, Amsterdam, 1735, third edition

Les Modes des Couleurs ſont auſſi fort différens. Il y en a quelques-uns que nous regardons ſimplement comme divers dégrez, ou pour parler en termes de l’Art, comme des nuances d’une même Couleur. Mais parce que nous faiſons rarement des aſſemblages de Couleurs, pour l’uſage, ou pour le plaiſir, ſans que la figure y aît quelque part, comme dans la Peinture, dans les Ouvrages de Tapiſſerie, de Broderie, &c. les aſſemblages de couleurs les plus connus appartiennent pour l’ordinaire aux Modes Mixtes, parce qu’ils ſont compoſez d’idées de différentes eſpèces, ſavoir de figure & de couleur, comme ſont la Beauté, l’Arc-en-ciel, &c.

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