The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-04
COLORs THAT HARMONIZE
An expert" List of Shades worth
Keeping on Hand.
From the Uphoistere

In newly papering rooms il is not always
easy to select the colorings that would
harmonic best with the woodwork al
| ready in possession, and the services OF
| a skilled interior decorator are somewhat
expensive.
Antique oak woodwork may have olive
green walls, gold predominating in the
frieze, ceiling in vellum, the upholsterings
of a pronounced red, with bronze prevail
| ing in the draperies.
Antique oak woodwork may have bot
| tle-green walls, accompanied by a frieze
WITH Indian red prevailing deep sienna
cornice, ecru ceiling, with upholsterings
brown and Indian red and sharp Indian
red draperies.
Black walnut woodwork may have sage
green walls golden, freze, ochre cornice
with the paier shade in the ceiling sage
green and brown uphosterings and red
and bronze drapery
Yelowish-brown woodwork may have
dull olive or deep olive walls, with pre-
valling yellow accompaniment, Indian
yellow frieze, olive cornice, yellowish-olive
ceiling Indian yellow and red upholster-
ings and vivid Indian red and deep yellow
draperies.
Antique oak woodwork may have bottle
green walls, accompanied by a maroon
trieze, leather-coored cornice, deep ecru
ceiling, with upholsterings of bottle-green
and maroon, and draperies on the orange
order
White enamel woodwork may have sea-
and sea-green cornice, pale sea green cell
ing, with upho.sterings of gray and rose,
and draperies of quiet gray.
Ash woodwork may have duh sage-green
walls with frieze of sage and ochre, with
the coTnice of ochre the ceiling of buff
fIa AI.aTc .Is,lT
with red, and the draperies of ash picked
out with dun sage and red
Pale green woodwork may have deep
green walls a greenish-gray, with silver
on the frieze, a cornice of gray and silver,
and the ceiling of the same. The uphol-
sterings should have similar co.ors, re-
heved by Old rose, and the draperies
should be of gray.
Old oak woodwork may have old red
walls with tones of old red tapestries on
the ftieze the corn!ce of old oak, the cell
ing of gray olive the upholsterings of old
blue and old reds, and the draperies of
antique gold
Mahogany woodwork may have SET
tones of old gold and yellow walls, with a
similar frieze, pale old red cornice. a cit
ron-yelow ceiling, with the upholsterings
of warm olive-green, and the draperies of
deep wall color.
Cream woodwork may have a scft, warm
with blue tracery. cornce the same tones
as the frieze, ceiling of ivory pink, and the
upholsterings and draperies of muddy am
Der.
Old oak woodwork may have Gobel n
blue walls or drab, with a frieze of Gobe-
lin-blue reds and drabs; cornioe of
light drab, drab and blue ceiling. uphol-
sterings of russet-yellow and blue, and
russet-yellow draperies
Light golden oak woodwork may have
pale blue walls, with a frieZe of dark sold
en- tint, a cornice of medium gold tint,
with some blue, light golden tint ceiling,
upholsterings of blue, with some light yell
low, and draperies of pale blue.
Cedar woodwork may have mulberry red
walls the frieze and cornice of ! ghter
shades of red the ceiling of cream, the up
holsterings of the same class of reds.
olives, and gold, and the draperies of old
ivory.
Chestnut woodwork may have an orange
wall. the frieze of deep yellow toned with
red and black, and paler colors for the
ceiling: the upholsterings should be OF
one prevailing general cid blue, draperles
old blue with orange
Mahogany woodwork may have Pom
peiian red walls the frieze of sharp olive
green. working up in cornce lines of dun
red and blue to pale olive ceiling; the
upholsterings should be Of Pompeilan red
end the draperies of a soft orange-yellow.
Olive woodwork may have indian red
or Indian yellow walls the frieze of dark
blue and the cornice of pale olive; the
| ceilings should be in ochre the uphol
sterings may be treated in prevailing yell
low or Indian yellow, draperies OF yell
| lowish- brown.
Plain walnut woodwork may have wall
Of yellow ochre, with frieze of olive
brown ochre end olive-brown cornlce,
| buff ceiling, olive and red for the uphol-
| sterings, with draperies of brown. ochre
and dull blue or red
Fawn color or antique oak woodwork
may have dark. dun drab, with a frieze
of Gobelin-b blue or red, dun drab, Gobein-
blue or red cornice; light drab ceiling, with
| upholsterings of drab. Gobelin-b blue and
| Gobeln-red and draperes of blue and
| Nile-grecn.
Sycamore woodwork may have cafe au
lat walls. with an ecru and copper frieze;
copper. gold and ecru cornice; light ecru
| ceilings; warm tones of copper and gold
| for the uphosterings, and ivory, cream
and pale blue for the draperies.
Silver birch woodwork may have dark
channels and silver walls. with a sea-green
frieze; channels, sea-green and silver cor
nice; chamos ceiling; channels ochres
silver and green upholsterings and drap-
cries of paie green, with pink