The laws of contrast of colour : and their application to the arts of painting, decoration of buildings, mosaic work, tapestry and carpet weaving, calico printing, dress, paper staining, printing, military clothing, illumination, landscape, and flower gardening, &c.
Chevreul's 1861 treatise on colour contrast, written by the French chemist M. E. Chevreul for painters, decorators, weavers and printers, was published in London and New York by Routledge, Warne and Routledge. Its plates are flat colour swatches with repeating motifs such as stars, squares, garlands and striped figures set on coloured grounds, showing how neighbouring hues change one another and offering designers ready studies in simultaneous contrast for pattern and palette.
