
The secondary colours contrasted with the primary hues
David Ramsay Hay · 1798-1866
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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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A hand-coloured diagram titled Example II shows six triangular colour segments arranged in a hexagon around a central cross of letters marked H and C. The segments are numbered one through six and range from green and olive to orange, brown, purple and grey.























