Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Dedication
- The Translator's Preface
- Preface To The First Edition Of 1810
- Directions For Placing The Plates
- Contents
- Outline of a Theory Of Colours
- PART I PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOURS
- PART II PHYSICAL COLOURS
- IX Dioptrical Colours
- X Dioptrical Colours of the First Class
- XI Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class—Refraction
- XII Refraction without the Appearance of Colour
- XIII Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
- XIV Conditions under which the Appearance of Colour increases
- XV Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena
- XVI Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
- XVII Grey Objects displaced by Refraction
- XVIII Coloured Objects displaced by Refraction
- XIX Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
- XX Advantages of Subjective Experiments Transition to the Objective
- XXI Refraction without the Appearance of Colour
- XXII Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
- XXIII Conditions of the Increase of Colour
- XXIV Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena
- XXV Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
- XXVI Grey Objects
- XXVII Coloured Objects
- XXVIII Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
- XXIX Combination of Subjective and Objective Experiments
- XXX Transition
- XXXI Catoptrical Colours
- XXXII Paroptical Colours
- XXXIII Epoptical Colours
- PART III CHEMICAL COLOURS
- PART IV GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- PART V RELATION TO OTHER PURSUITS
- PART VI EFFECT OF COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO MORAL ASSOCIATIONS
- NOTES
XIII - Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
from PART II - PHYSICAL COLOURS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2015
- Frontmatter
- Colophon
- Dedication
- The Translator's Preface
- Preface To The First Edition Of 1810
- Directions For Placing The Plates
- Contents
- Outline of a Theory Of Colours
- PART I PHYSIOLOGICAL COLOURS
- PART II PHYSICAL COLOURS
- IX Dioptrical Colours
- X Dioptrical Colours of the First Class
- XI Dioptrical Colours of the Second Class—Refraction
- XII Refraction without the Appearance of Colour
- XIII Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
- XIV Conditions under which the Appearance of Colour increases
- XV Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena
- XVI Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
- XVII Grey Objects displaced by Refraction
- XVIII Coloured Objects displaced by Refraction
- XIX Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
- XX Advantages of Subjective Experiments Transition to the Objective
- XXI Refraction without the Appearance of Colour
- XXII Conditions of the Appearance of Colour
- XXIII Conditions of the Increase of Colour
- XXIV Explanation of the foregoing Phenomena
- XXV Decrease of the Appearance of Colour
- XXVI Grey Objects
- XXVII Coloured Objects
- XXVIII Achromatism and Hyperchromatism
- XXIX Combination of Subjective and Objective Experiments
- XXX Transition
- XXXI Catoptrical Colours
- XXXII Paroptical Colours
- XXXIII Epoptical Colours
- PART III CHEMICAL COLOURS
- PART IV GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- PART V RELATION TO OTHER PURSUITS
- PART VI EFFECT OF COLOUR WITH REFERENCE TO MORAL ASSOCIATIONS
- NOTES
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- Goethe's Theory of ColoursTranslated from the German, with Notes, pp. 81 - 86Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014First published in: 1840