Moses Harris

Moses Harris ( * 1731, † 1785 ) was an English entomologist and engraver. In his work Natural System of Colours, he examined the work of Isaac Newton in 1766, trying to fathom the variety of colors that can be mixed from the three primary colors. As a result, he found the still in use today subtractive color mixing.

Works

• Natural System of Colours (1766) ( pdf)
• The Aurelian or Natural History of English insects ( 1766, 2nd edn 1775)
• The English Lepidoptera, or, the Aurelian 's Pocket Companion (1775 )
• An exposition of English insects (1776 [ -80 ] )

• Entomologist
• Lepidopterist
• Briton
• English
• Born in 1731
• Died in 1785
• Man