. A class-book of color : including color definitions, color scaling, and the harmony of colors . lementary of a color is alwaysa satisfactory harmony with it. Our best colorists avoid some ofthese combinations, because of the unsatisfactory effect they producewhen used together. Neither do the best complementary harmoniesdepend upon the use of the complementaries in the proportions re-quired to produce white. A tint of a color, with a shade of its com-plementary, is often more pleasing in effect than when they are usedin their full intensities. Black, white, gray, gold, and silver, may be use
. A class-book of color : including color definitions, color scaling, and the harmony of colors . lementary of a color is alwaysa satisfactory harmony with it. Our best colorists avoid some ofthese combinations, because of the unsatisfactory effect they producewhen used together. Neither do the best complementary harmoniesdepend upon the use of the complementaries in the proportions re-quired to produce white. A tint of a color, with a shade of its com-plementary, is often more pleasing in effect than when they are usedin their full intensities. Black, white, gray, gold, and silver, may be used with any ofthese harmonies, but gold and silver must be used with care and dis-cretion, as they are likely to make elementary designs look gaudy. An edging of some sort is, however, indispensable in many com-binations of colors in order to prevent a borrowing or a swimmingeffect, and to preserve the true hue and tone of the associated colors,for, as Wilkinson says : The great point in ornamenting withcolors is to keep them distinct, and to seek effect, not confusion, fromtheir <p -i cd * CD t B ?*?&? >K
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