
Originally shared by The Public Domain Review
A chart from 1746 by Jacques-Fabien Gautier illustrating his theory that the primary colours are black and white, with red, yellow, and blue being secondary. In his system, colours were thought to be drawn out of the shadows by the presence of light. Featured in our visual history of colour wheels, charts, and tables: from simple circles to multi-layered pyramids, from scientific systems to those based on the hues of human emotion: https://buff.ly/2yi7fw6
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