Arizona republican., 1910-04-20

tue au'trcSS pf MlSS Webster. teacher 1 "f art in ,hc Phoenix public schools "n the subject of color. Miss Webster ! brought with her number of pictures t"f her own work. Tor illustration of | her relnarks Most of them were in water colers and those who were for tundtc enough to be present and in- Sr"ci them, pronounced them as fine Her remarks were as follows. MISS WHISPERS TALK. can say. hut little thai will in- terest you. | fear for all the wonder tul light siul shade appeal to me ST strongly that | can only feel. no, talk, it. Furthermore. the nomcn- claturc "f color is both mcager and | vague. Most of us use the terms color. tint. shade and hue quite iu- discriminatory. not stopping to think [ whether we have expressed what WI mean ar whether NC have conveyed a definite thought to our bearer. These terms have definite mean ing. though at their best they are wholly inadequate
 Color is omprohensive term which may mean anything from black, which is term signifying absence of color. to white. which is all colors The use of the terms white. black. rcd, orange yellow. green, blue and violet is about as far as most people can agree. The more subtle comb nations may be called most anything from maienta to crushed strawberry. and no two will agree ss to just what each is.
 By breaking up ray of white light we get the six prismatic or rainbow colors. and these are the foundation notes of our scale
 These are the purest. strongest col ors and are called the standard col ors. By flooding any one of them with different degrees of white light We get different amounts of illu- imitation ar values of the grv-n color The stronger the light. the lighter ar more delicate the color becomes in white. This is seen on any round object, there being one point called the high light. which is white. All the lighter whiter degrees or values are called tints and their number is infinity. on the other hand. taking away different amounts of light gives us descending scale darker than the standard ar having less illumins- tion. and these values are called shades. and they merge into black "r no color. Imagine going into per fectly dark closet. shutting the door and trying to find some garment by the sense of sight alone. IL would be an impossibility. as all are black.
 Taken collectively. the tints. stand ard and shades of a given color form a scale This all seems clear enough. but thus far we have dealt only with the pure colors IL is the mixed col ors which make the world beautiful, and with their mystery causes the throbbing of our hearts.
 Their number too. IS infinite and We can only name very few. Here is where we become vague and fail to make others understand what won der God hath wrought. and we have seen.
 Two standards or prime colors in- termingled give new colors psrtakins of the nature of both. one or the other usually prcdominating. and thereby giving the name. These min gl.d colors we call hucs. By ming ling red and orange we may have any number of new hues and these we name O-Red or R-OranSe. sc- cording as the red or orange pre- dominate Here again we have scales tints. hue and shades. So we sttepmt to give names and definite titles to things most ficcting. for there Is nothing which shifts and changes. comes and goes. like the shafts of light
 Further we endeavor |" give names to certain colors which affect the rervcs. conveying the sense of heat to tho brain. We have cool colors and warm colors. Red orange and yellow convey a sense of heat so 2 gray that has a rcdish cast we call :, warm gray: if if is blue gray we call it cool gray. \ warm green has rcd or yellow as component part: tho green of the pome Grsnate and umbrella tree may bc called warm. while that of tho olive and sage is decidedly a cool green. All tho gorgoousnosa of standard and hue would exhaust our nerves and blind U= if not modified or toned down in some way. and one of the ways is the varying effect of light and shade.
 How grateful heart steps be- heath the shade of some Nayside bush or tree when the long unclouded day has made the brilliant color seem torture: on the other hand. what dolefuI world we'd live in if the rrsv days were sU What lifting of the heart comes with the first rift in the clouds The whole aspect of life has changed with that wonder working color beam.
 We have brought before us our colors and toned them by light and shade. and now, we must consider another agent always :f work sirengthening and weak ming every note in this. natures wonderful har- mony l. c.. the atmosphere which envelopes our world. The effect pro- duced by the strata of air between nbiect iE marvellous