 | 1799 - 616 pages
...tbem seem to have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen speciIriens of crimfon, clartt, and mud, which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a. grave...reverse of every shewy and splendid colour. Woollen yarn died crimson or dark bliie is the same to me. Pint seems to be composed of nine parts of light blue,... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1799 - 648 pages
...them seem to have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson, claret, and mud, which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave...reverse of every shewy and splendid colour. Woollen yarn died crimson or dark blue h the same to me. Pint seems to be composed of nine parts of light blue;... | |
 | 1832 - 700 pages
...strong dark brown. I have seen some specimens of crimson, claret, and mud, which were very nearly alike. Woollen yarn, dyed crimson, or dark blue, is the same to me. Pink seems to be composed of nine parts of light blue, and one of red, or some colour which has no other effect than to make the light... | |
 | William Charles Henry - 1854 - 346 pages
...were very nearly alike." Again, " Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every showy and splendid colour. Woollen yarn dyed crimson or dark blue is the same to me." Again, "The colour of a florid complexion appears to me that of a dull, opaque, blackish-blue upon... | |
 | George Wilson - 1855 - 212 pages
...of them seem to have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson, claret, and mud which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every showy and splendid colour. Woollen yarn, dyed crimson, or dark blue is the same to me." Again : —... | |
 | 1861 - 448 pages
...but many of them have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson claret and mud which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every showy or splendid color." Again : " The color of a florid complexion appears to me that of a dull,... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...to the leaves of trees. " I have seen specimens," writes Dr. Dalton, "of crimson, claret, and mud, which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every showy or splendid color. The color of a florid complexion appears to me that of a dull, opaque, blackish-blue... | |
 | James Samuelson, Henry Lawson, William Sweetland Dallas - 1863 - 654 pages
...gown to the leaves of trees. " I have seen specimens," writes Dr. Dalton, "of crimson, claret, and mud which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every showy or splendid colour. The colour of a florid complexion appears to me that of a dull, opaque, blackish... | |
 | 1861 - 448 pages
...but many of them have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson claret and mud which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of every showy or splendid color." Again: "The color of a florid complexion appears to me that of a dull, opaque,... | |
 | Henry Enfield Roscoe - 1895 - 234 pages
...of them seem to have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson, claret, and mud which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave...the same to me. Pink seems to be composed of nine parts of light blue and one of red, or some colour which has no other effect than to make the light... | |
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All crimsons appear to me to consist chiefly of dark blue; but many of them seem to have a strong tinge of dark brown. I have seen specimens of crimson, claret, and mud, which were very nearly alike. Crimson has a grave appearance, being the reverse of... 
