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The red lion (for Great Britain) sits on two steps (to represent achievement) holding up a prism (for optical science) and supporting between his legs a version of Newton’s Disc delicately coloured in, which was the first attempt to make a chromaticity diagram (to represent colorimetry), while on his tail perches a Morpho butterfly, the object of one of Professor Wright’s researches (for colour in nature), and on the step are three tubes of coloured paint which the artist has made red, yellow and blue (to represent both the colorant manufacturing industry and the artists and designers who use these products). | The red lion (for Great Britain) sits on two steps (to represent achievement) holding up a prism (for optical science) and supporting between his legs a version of Newton’s Disc delicately coloured in, which was the first attempt to make a chromaticity diagram (to represent colorimetry), while on his tail perches a Morpho butterfly, the object of one of Professor Wright’s researches (for colour in nature), and on the step are three tubes of coloured paint which the artist has made red, yellow and blue (to represent both the colorant manufacturing industry and the artists and designers who use these products). | ||
The motto translates as “Through colour let us see." | The motto translates as “Through colour let us see."'''[[Literature]]''': Heraldry Gazette 132, 2014. | ||
'''[[Literature]]''': Heraldry Gazette 132, 2014. | |||
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