The primary hues and secondary colours by David Ramsay Hay

Plate of six numbered triangles in a pyramid arrangement, each filled with a flat colour including red, green, purple and ora

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Why is this public domain? David Ramsay Hay died in 1866; this work is in the public domain.

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This plate, titled The primary hues and secondary colours by David Ramsay Hay, dates from 1846 and is a print. It shows six numbered triangles arranged in a pyramid pattern, each filled with a flat colour such as red-brown, olive, grey, green, violet and orange, set within hatched linear borders.

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