. Colour in woven design . urposes in textile designing. Even the stripes possessdiversity of composition, and are characterized by neatness COMPOUND COLOURINGS. 239 and clearness of arrangement. Seeing that the shadesused are black and white, the absence of bold and stiffoutlines is an interesting feature, and one that recommendsthe base for extensive application in the development offancy fabrics. In the check there is much variety of addition to the solid squares of black and white of twosizes, there are rectangles composed of twills of black andwhite blended, of several dimensions
. Colour in woven design . urposes in textile designing. Even the stripes possessdiversity of composition, and are characterized by neatness COMPOUND COLOURINGS. 239 and clearness of arrangement. Seeing that the shadesused are black and white, the absence of bold and stiffoutlines is an interesting feature, and one that recommendsthe base for extensive application in the development offancy fabrics. In the check there is much variety of addition to the solid squares of black and white of twosizes, there are rectangles composed of twills of black andwhite blended, of several dimensions and shapes. Thesystem on which the respective checks mingle and inter-lace enhances the elegance of the style, and imparts to it amellow and neatly-toned cast. 148. Patterns composed of Two Types and Three Shades.—Scheme I. of Class A of the Regular Compounds, in thestyles composed of threecolours and of two sim-ple types, gives some-what mellow and sub-dued effects. The patterns sketched in and 70 illustrate the. Fig. 69. style of design arrangement resultant when this method ofcolour-grouping is adopted. The stripe pattern has a par-ticularly mingled appearance. Parts A of both the checkand the stripe are composed of minute work, which neatlycontrasts with the broader and more distinctly pronouncedeffects comprised in Section B. The patterns have a softeraspect and tone than if only two shades had been employedthe third shade adding the diversity of colouring and fresh-ness of the style. Fig. 69 is woven with a white weft, and%. 70 with exactly the same order of weft as warp two simple schemes, forming this compound, workharmoniously together. The three-odd thread groupingconstituting the A sections of the fabrics, yields a species oftextural effect which affords prominence to the small spacesof black, grey, and white composing parts B. There is in 240 COLOUR IN WOVEN DESIGN. these samples congruity of effects. This is one of the mainelements of a well-ar
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