Quote#Nature
Any two opposite colours of the rainbow (eg yellow and blue) , form a…
Quote byWilliam Hogarth · 1697–1764
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Analysis of Beauty (1753).
English (original)
Any two opposite colours of the rainbow (eg yellow and blue) , form a third between them, thus imparting to each other their peculiar qualities . The sight of what they were originally is quite lost, and instead, a most pleasing green is found, which colour, nature has chosen for the vestment of the earth, and with the beauty of which the eye never tires.
— William Hogarth
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