Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1901-04-05

LDrecsnr Of Color, Pan-AmerieSs q .2as,ti T.
Exposition has very appropriately been
dedicated to our neighbOrs i'm the West
ern Hemisphere.
All the savage races have manifested
a great fondness for strong crude col
ors, and these will be found on the
buildings nearest the main entrance.
The advancement Of man in intelli-
gence and civilization has been marked
by desire for more refined color COM
binations, and the eliminating point Of
subtlety and grace Of color being in the
Electric Tower. which, representing
hne highest advance In material'ciyili-
|Nuion and occupying the leading posi-
ZION intellectually and sculpturally of
&the whole Exposition. naturally enough
lhas come in for the finest color notes.
1t is happy feature of the color
scheme that the buildings upon which
the artist would naturally lavish pow
erful colors all lie about the southern
Nntrance. A regular graduation from in-
tense to less pronounced coloring is
thus possible AS the majority of peo-
pie viii come in from the southern en-
trance they will get an impression of
bright, Itch, fresh color. They will not,
however, have time to grow weary
with the brilllancy. Before their eyes
are jaded they viii have got into the
region of more softly tinted surfaces.
1t must not be supposed however,
that the primitive color schemes are in
themselves harsh or bad or crude. Va
rious devices have been adopted for Sc
curing harmony.
For one thing, the greater part Of the
exterior wall spaces are all in warm
white. Color is employed only at struc-
tural points in the architecture, as
about entrances. Furthermore. no
primitive color Is brought into direct
contrast with other primitive colors;
mass of ivory white always intervenes.
This gives great brilliancy and pre-
vents chromatic discords. The quality
of white used on the buildings varies
from a warm creamy white near the
bridge to cool ivory tone at the Elec-
tric Tower.
AS an essential means of promoting
harmony green. In at least few notes,
is employed la the adornment OF every
building of the Exposition. The beauti-
full translucent green of Niagara has
been fifty chosen as the dominant color
Of the whole scheme. Appearing in its
..fullness in the recesses of the Electric
T6ys9er and in the restaurant group be-
find, 1t is everywhere repeated. Not a
building but bears its echo mark of Nj
agara green.
The color schemes of a few OF the
, buildings may be noted:
Horticulture Orange. with details In
brilliant blue. green. rose and yellow.
Governmental-Yellow with details
in primitive colors.
Music Hall-Red.
Machinery-Greenish gray.
VtRestaurant Group-lvory, accented
!, Nth green and gold.
Electric Tower-Ivory yellow, gold
and green.
The roofs OF the Exposition are for
the most part covered with red tiles,
though prominent towers and pinnacles
%ill be in many cases decorated with
green or blue green or with gold
All the buildings will have play OF
cCIors about their entrances. balconies,
plnndclcS duu tOWcIH. MY iuSd - W
have the sharpest and freshest green
known carried throughout the entire
scheme. and that viii be my reference
to power Green is one OF the more re-
cen1.and reflned colors. II has not long
been used Ia art Pick up any picture
painted long ago, and you Will look In
vain for a suggestion of green in IT,
The grass win be represented as brown
They said 1t was impossible TO secure
the grass green effect but 1t Is done
nowadays.
The color scheme has for the most
part been worked out az my studio IN
New York. The first step was to get
from the architects small sketches OF
all the buildings. Models were made
from these on a scale Of one-sixteenth
inch TO the foot which when properly
grouped on platform II by 10 feet rep