The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . lour is a proper degree of correspondence in theintensity of the various colours used. As we have seen, somemay be, and should be, stronger than others, but theseshould not be so much stronger as to clash. If on enteringa room any object jumps at one we may be sure it is outof scale. The general effect of the furnishings of a room may bevery soft in colouring by reason of the weakness of the tonesused, or harmonious with greater character because a strongerdegree of colour is employed, or it may be decidedly livelybecause of the
The practical book of furnishing the small house and apartment . lour is a proper degree of correspondence in theintensity of the various colours used. As we have seen, somemay be, and should be, stronger than others, but theseshould not be so much stronger as to clash. If on enteringa room any object jumps at one we may be sure it is outof scale. The general effect of the furnishings of a room may bevery soft in colouring by reason of the weakness of the tonesused, or harmonious with greater character because a strongerdegree of colour is employed, or it may be decidedly livelybecause of the amount of bright colour introduced into any case the degree employed is the key of the room. VALUE This is so intimately connected with scale that it is wellto mention it here. Value is the degree of lightness or darknessin a coloured object irrespective of its hue. Entirely for-getting colour for the moment we shall realise that if weplace together two pieces of drapery, the one yellow and theother violet, the first is light and the second dark. PLATE 9. THE PRACTICAL USE OF COLOUR 43 Here also we may have harmony and relief. As colour-scale is a proper correspondence in intensity of the coloursused, so right value is a proper correspondence in their de-grees of lightness and darkness. Harmony is likewise givenby a considerable uniformity in this respect, and relief bythe use of some objects either lighter or darker than the gen-eral effect but, again, not so different as to startle and offend. Such a room as the one mentioned, in which tints anddelicate colour are used, is light. If tones of moderatestrength are employed, the general effect is of medium value;while if the shades are chosen (colours deeper than normal)the value is dark. As we shall sec, various degrees of intensity and of valuewere used during the different epochs and were character-istic of the period styles: both qualities are of the utmostimportance in furnishing to-day. Such light, bright coloursas b
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