. Good taste in home furnishing. proportions. For example, let us assume that we wishto decorate a room whose prevailing color HOME FURNISHING 19 we have decided shall be buff. By drawing awedge from the center of the diagram to thebounding lines of buff we find that wehave included a little red and yellow, someorange and russet and citron. We are toapply these to a living room the woodworkof which is dark mahogany. We would ap-ply the buff—the prevailing color—to thewalls, the russet to the floor; we would light-en the buff with a frieze of orange, and therusset with a carpet of citron, and w
. Good taste in home furnishing. proportions. For example, let us assume that we wishto decorate a room whose prevailing color HOME FURNISHING 19 we have decided shall be buff. By drawing awedge from the center of the diagram to thebounding lines of buff we find that wehave included a little red and yellow, someorange and russet and citron. We are toapply these to a living room the woodworkof which is dark mahogany. We would ap-ply the buff—the prevailing color—to thewalls, the russet to the floor; we would light-en the buff with a frieze of orange, and therusset with a carpet of citron, and we wouldbring out the bright spots with a lamp or aleaded window in which pure red and yellowwould bring the whole scheme into relief. This combination is founded on one pri-mary color, yellow, and consequently all thecolors used belong to the same colors in combinations of this kind allhave the same general effect upon a room, inthis case cheerful and warming; because ofthis, they are not prominent in themselves,. 22 GOOD TASTE IN always best to keep the combination of colorsall of one family, because then they subordi-nate themselves to the life that goes on with-in the room, and create the needed atmos-phere of attractive surroundings without at-tracting attention to themselves. Does this explanation seem complicated?It may because color is an exceedingly diffi-cult subject to put into words. If it does,follow the diagram closely, and read it asecond time, then, remembering what hasbeen said about the combinations taking thecharacteristics of the foundation color, seehow your proposed scheme compares withthe following. Yellow is an expanding color, that is, itreflects light more readily than any othercolor, and seemingly diffuses more light thanit receives, and, for that reason, makes ob-jects that it colors seem larger than they is a positive color. It reflects almost HOME FURNISHING 23 the exact quantity of light that it receives,and objects that it c
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