Opticks 1717 - Up

I all cthe red cedeth at IL. Then begin the Cl?+.
lours of the fecond Series) lwhich fucceed ia
order during the tranfit of the edge of the
’ JWer fi0111 5 to 0, and are more lively than
before, becaufe nmre expanded and fevered.
And for the Same r&on, inflcad of the forlner
white there .inter&dcs between the blue and
rffow ;2 mixture of orange, yellow, greell,
luc and indjgo, all which‘ together ought to
exhibit 3 dilute and in-pzrfe~i: green. So ths:
GAoqrs of the third Series all lilcceed in order
; MI, the violet, which a ,,littIe interfepks
with the red of the fccond order, alld is +ereby
inclined to a reddifll purple; then the blue
nnd green , which. arc lefs mix’d with other 1
Colours, ind conkquentIy more lively than be-
.fore, clpccially the *green: Then follows the
yel:lbw, lbmc of wlucli towards the green is di-
ItinCt nnd good, but that part of it towards the
fuccceding red, ns alfo that red is mix’d with
the vialct and blrrc of the fourth Series, whereby
various dcgrces of red’ v~uy rn~~ch .inclining~
‘to pwplc are compounded. “i’hls vlol.et and
blue, which fl~ould iuccced this red, being mixed
with, and hidden in it, there iilcceeds a
’ grem And this at firit: is much inclined to
..bl.uc, but ibon brcomcs a good green, the only
lmmix’d md lively Colour in this. f0urtl-t Series.
]Jar 2s it: vc~gcs towards thu JEIIOW, it
: beqi.ns to i,~zwrfcrc with the Colours of the jIifth
S&es, 13~ whofc mixtWe the ktcceeding JXl-
JOW ;IIK~. red are very much diluted and made
ditty, ef~mially the yellow, which being the
, mealier CoXour is fcarce able to .fheW* it fW
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