Colour as a Means of Art / Being an Adaption of the Experience of Professors to the Practice of Amateurs

A practical manual presents general principles and methods for using colour in painting aimed at amateurs and students. It surveys established colour harmonies, tonal arrangements, and compositional rules exemplified by various masters and schools, then abstracts the underlying principles. Detailed sections address the colouring of objects and the treatment of light and shadow, including sunshine, sunset, moonlight, and grey daylight, and offer rules connected to different stylistic examples. Lithographic plates demonstrate masses of colour and general tone rather than fine detail, while the text stresses intellectual and compositional judgment over purely mechanical technique.