Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1855-01-31

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1.-THE black, causes it to appear less reddish
j, The red appears lighter or less brown
!, more orange.
d 8 Orange and Black. Blue. uniting will
the black, the latter appears lesr rusty
or bluer. The orange appears brighter
and yellower, or less brown.
Green and Black.-Red, uniting with
the black. the latter appears more violet
or reddish. The green inclines slightly
to yellow.
Blue and Black Orange unites with
the black, and makes,it appear brighter.
The blue is lighter-greener, perhaps.
Finally, to show the effects of juxtapo-
sition upon analogous colors, or such as
Ibelong to the same class of colored rays
l. Take red, and place it in contact
with orange-red, and the former will ap-
pear purple, and the latter becomes more
yellow. But if we put the red in contact
with purple-red, the latter will appear
purple in one case, and orange in the 9TH
er.
2. Take yellow. and place it beside an
orange yelIow-the former will appear
greenish, and the latter redder. But if
we put the yellow in contact with green
sh-yellow, the latter will appear greener,
and the former more orange. So that the
same yellow will incline to green in the
one case, and the orange in the other.
2. Take blue, and put it in contact with
a greenish blue-the first will incline to
violet, and the second will appear yellow
er. But put the blue beside violet blue,
and the former will incline to green. and
the latter will appear redder. So that the
same blue will in one case appear violet,
and in other greenish.
"Thus we perceive" says N. Chevreul.
that the colors which painters term sim
ply or primary namely red, yellow and
blue-pass insensibly, by virtue of their
juxtaposition, to the state of secondary
or compound colors. For the same red be-
comes either purple or orange. according
to the color placed beside 1.-THE same
yellow becomes either orange or green
and the same blue either green or violet. !"
&, We might increase these examples al
most without limit. By applying this
law of the Simultaneous contrast of colorS
in ev' ry possible combination Of color, we
would be able to give the reader certain
rule when to wear any two given colors
in juxtaposition, and when not. But this
would require volumes. It is sufficient
to give few general directions, leaving
the sex, whenever they hesitate how to
arrange colors, to fall back on the law,
and so solve the difficulty.
There are two types of face, in regard
to colors or complexion, in this country
namely, the blonde and dark; the one
with fair hair, fair skin, blue eyes, and
rosy cheeks-the other with black hair,
dark eyes, and brunette complexion. In
the fair type, the various hues are all Of
the same class and accordingly the har-
monies of analogy predominant over the
harmonies ofconLrast. In the dark type,
the reverse is the case in fact. the black
hair, eyebrows, eyelashes, and eyes con-
trast in point of tone and color, not only
with the white Of the skin, but also with
the complexion. which in this type is red
der or less rosy than in the blonde type
and it must not be forgotten that when a
decided red, like that of brunett's COM
pelxion, is associated with black, Gas in her
hair and eyes )the latter color acqires an ac-
eSsively deep tone, much darker than it re-
ally is. 1t is owing to the one class being
prcvaded by the harmony of analogy, and
the other by the harmony of contrast, that
the faces of blondes are generally char
acterized by sofsness and sweetness OF
expression, while brunetts are distinguish
ed by brilliance and power.
In coming to consider what colors suit
best in the head and neck dress Of blondes
and brunetts respectively, we find that
blue accords we'll with fair compilations,
and yellow (apricot, for instance) and
orange-red with dark ones-these colors
being respectively the complementaries
or contrasts to the predominated hue in
fair and dark compilations. We may add,
that yellow and orange red, contrasting
by color and brilliancy with black
and their complementaries, violet
and blue-green, in mixing with the tint
of the hail-frequently produce a good
effect upon ladies, let US give, in an
abridged form, NJ. Chevreuls opinions
upon this subject:
Red drapery:-Rose-red cannot be
put in contact with the rosiest complexions
without causing them to lose some of their
freshness. Dark-red is less Objectionable
for certain compilations than rose-red, be-
cause, being higher than this latter, it
tends to impart whiteness to them in con-
sequence of contrast of tone. Green dra-
perry a delicate green is, on the con-
trary, favorable to all fair complexions
which are deficient in rose, and which
may have more impaired to them without
inconvenience. But it is not as favorable
to compilations that are more red than ro-
sy, nor those that have tint of orange
mixed with brown, because the red they
add to this tint will be of brick-red hue.
In the latter case dark green will be less
Objectionable than delicate green. Yel'
lOw draPery Yellow imparts violet to q
fair skim and in this view it is less favor.
able than the delicate green. To those
skins which are more yellow than orange