Harmony of the primary yellow by David Ramsay Hay (1845)

Hand-colored diagram of a hexagon of triangular color segments around a central lettered key, with yellow at the top.

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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-colored diagram titled Example XI, Harmony of the Primary Yellow, shows a hexagonal arrangement of triangular color segments. A yellow segment sits at the top, surrounded by olive-green, dark purple-grey, and plum-purple segments, with a central cluster of lettered labels A, B, F, and G. This print by David Ramsay Hay is dated 1845 and illustrates color harmony theory.

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