Art, Symbol & Imagination
Advancing and Retiring Colours
An orange square sits within a green field enclosed by purple. Vanderpoel uses the nested geometry to demonstrate advancing and retiring colours.
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Emily Noyes Vanderpoel. "Advancing and Retiring Colours" [editorial title]. In Color Problems, Emily Noyes Vanderpoel. New York, London and Bombay: Longmans, Green and Co., 1902; 117 coloured plates., 1902, Longmans, Green and Co.. Source scan leaf 150. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0670-0150
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Emily Noyes Vanderpoel. Advancing and Retiring Colours. Color Problems. Scan leaf 150. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0670-0150