. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . Plate B Suggestion No. 1. Body, sash and trim, ineludint^ ]j(.rch rail and columns, white; poreh floor, n:(diunislate; shingles, weathered; blinds, green. Suggestion No. 2. t;od.\-, ert-anj; trim and saf^h, ^^; porclirtcjor, pearl gray; shnj:l-i, u eatlr-n-u; Idinds, jirfrpn. houses, especially if set snuglyagainst a greenbackground andamidst green sur-roundings. Nat-urally, however,white is a poorscheme for factorytowns or otherdirty localities. Aver
. Book of home building and decoration, prepared in cooperation with and under the direction of the leading manufacturers of the country . Plate B Suggestion No. 1. Body, sash and trim, ineludint^ ]j(.rch rail and columns, white; poreh floor, n:(diunislate; shingles, weathered; blinds, green. Suggestion No. 2. t;od.\-, ert-anj; trim and saf^h, ^^; porclirtcjor, pearl gray; shnj:l-i, u eatlr-n-u; Idinds, jirfrpn. houses, especially if set snuglyagainst a greenbackground andamidst green sur-roundings. Nat-urally, however,white is a poorscheme for factorytowns or otherdirty localities. Avery light gray,like French orpearl gray, maybe more durablethan pure white,and yet give near-ly white effects. Houses withshingled upperstories, as a rule,should be paintedon the lower storya lighter shadethan the shingles niav 51 be Indian red, darkIjrown, dark greenor some oliveshade. The l)odyshould harmonize. as isht or dark. Sugt2;estion No. 1. Borj- No. 2. Bod> I maFrench gray ; trim and sash, white; roof, weathered; blinds, green,trim and blinds, dark olive; sash, whiti--; roof, weathered. olive with Indian red, cream witli browns, the grays with dark green or dull red. Not all colors and tints a r e equally dural^le. Cold colors, like the grass greens, blues and certain cold s h a f 1 e s o f yellow, hasten the deterioration of the paint f ilni. This is due to the fact that they do not reflect or turn back the heat rays of the sun, but allow them to penetrate the film. * Tints based on the reds, browns, and l)lacks are, as a rule, the most durable. Thus the grays, the slates, the browns, the richer yellows, etc., are excellent for wear and are at the same time the most pleasing on the house. We therefore recommend them most frequently in our designs. Perhaps a word shoidd be added for the l)enefit of those who may have always thought of white lead as good for white paint only. The fact is,
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