Effects of black and white objects on the eye Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)
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Effects of black and white objects on the eye
Optical scheme for experiments with a prism to observe fringe or boundary colours. Various monochrome diagrams arranged in a segmented octogen, including white shapes against black back grounds and vice versa, a candle, black and white stripes, checkered patterns and squiggles.
Plate 2 to Zur Farbenlehre (Theory of colours) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Tubingen, 1810).
- Image reference: RS-21960
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