The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-11-17

LOOKING
To ladies' who may make cunning use q
color not b painting their faces but s. s
deep and subtle study 4 eostpme;to artists.
house fusnisheFs, ornamental gardeners ind
Others. there have been officially delivered
81 Paris and Lyons, during this last quarter
oi century, sundry lectures By n ehey.
reul, uponthe practical eject 81 certainlaws
connected with the contrast 81 colors: and
these lectures. which wers formed 81 him
into book Of 6fteen years $50. have been
lately translated into English Having.
fl the translation write what lol>
lows.
Monsieur oheueul. learned ID the law 81
IeolOIs ives appointed long ago to superin.
tend the aysing department Of The manus
factory q aobelin tapestries One ofthe
FIRST que lionsaskedo 81 him vas Why ore tie
black tints bad that are employed as shad-
lows il blue drapeTies2 Re answered. that
the black Wasof course spoiled By contrast.
II. Cheyraul followed up Bis hint 81 arran>
ging together various masses Sc colored
wool taken from The warehouse, observed
how coIors put side By side mutually Effected
one another; and from chat point carried on
his researches ii various ways 70 maturity.
We state some 81 the results chiefly having
in mind the uses Is which ladies' may put
them.
First must Be set down two very plain
rules. One concerns the setting side 81
side 81 u esy different shades ofihe same
color g side By side squares tinted With.
Indian Ink, each square one Uniform
tint, but no Two squal d the same b
lty. Arrange them ID row according o
regular scale beginning With the highest
and ending With The darkest Then every
square viii be seen to Be modified By those
on either side oft: the border next darker
square will be lightened neifect the Dor
der next 4 light square viii be darkened ID
effect. The whole row Of tinted squares,
seen from little distance, win Be made in.
this way to appear not futnor dutted. Such.
Is the effect Of tints upon each other
The effect 81 hues q contrasting csIors,
may be expressed in the second plain rule
contrasting q complementary cclors are
such a. when blended together give rise %
the perception Of Whiteness the most perfect
Of these relations is that existing between.
blue, yellow and red; for mix these three
colors, and they produce white. consequent
y color complementary to each ofthese IS
made BY blending the other two. Because
blue with yellow creates green, green Il The
compliment Of red. because red and yellow
create orange, orangeis the compliment Of
blue, because red and blue create violet,
violet is the compliment Of yellow The
eyes itself can perform these changes; look
upon blue and yellow, and il little
while both win appear to be green. Again
take tie square colored red. and observe i
Place them side BY side. The red square
where it IS near the blue viii have yelloW~
er tinqe than the rest: and into the blue on
the other border some little shade Of green
win enter. That IS because every color
tends to suggestits opposite.arOunds its Dor
ders, and as We have explained, the oppo-
posite Of green Is red The opposite blue.
orange.
1t Is also 70 Be remembered that the eye,
fatigued With looking & one color Is disposed
{ to receive the impression Its compliment.
Let Is suppose for example. that LADY il !
draper shop Is looking Il she red stufs;
and after having seen FIVE Of six pieces be-
pins to complain Of the bad color Of those
subsequently shown her. The color IS not
bad: but her eye weary q red, % longer
receives Tie Impression Of i wildly, q Is
"a source Of pleasure. Let The prudent
nadesman not allow ten Of eleven red stufifis
to Be looked 81 ia succession; but after about
the fifth conizive u submit for inspection
something green livery good green i Is
sure to seem Il It be only ofa lolerable co.'s
Or; and after dwelling o. looking q the reds
end Win Be snFs 70 see them Is the best ad-
ranags
Accustomed Is little application 81 sse
principles and knowing pretty we'll how
colors stand related each other ang per.
on may avoid gross errors q taste ii house