The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1910-04-26

peraments. Just so it is with color.
We cannot always give a reason for
our preferences. but we are sure they
exist, and most people are sensitive
to color to greater or less degree
Ones favorite color brings repose and
enjoyment, is conducive to health and
exercises an actual influence on our
life and moods. But even in crafty
ing this preference wisdom must be
shown. for there are many colors of
which little is enjoyable when a
mass wonld be unendurabie Constant
ly surrounded by glow of vivid scar
let would be like close companionship
with a brass band, but touch of
scarlet amid dull surroundings is
pleasing sensation.
AS far as effect is concerned. the
color of room makes its atmosphere
1t may be cheerful or sad. coZy or dis
turbing. according to Its quality and
force. Without color room is much
like a bare canvas, which might. but
does not. give Il vivid picture of some
phase of life. The colorless room has
nothing to tell of the character of its
occupants.
Color in house includes much that
is classed as furniture 1t applies to
carpets. draperies and ornaments, but
it is first and pre-eminently applied to
wall treatment. In selecting color for
a single room OF for an entire house
certain points must be borne in mind
The first is that one person does not
make home. 1t takes the combined
influence and personality of every per-
son living under the roof to give its
true character Every book. every pic
ture. every carefully selected piece of
furniture. brought into the house
makes it part of beautiful whole,
and no house can be absolutely perfect
without all these evidences of family
life.
Good rules to follow in selecting col
ors for any room are to make the
choice on this basis:
With reference to the light in the
room.
With reference to other colors in ad-
joining rooms.
With reference to the general char
acter of the furnishing.
Interiors with a southern exposure
should be treated with cool. light col
ors, such as blues and green's in
various tones. water green. emerald
green and blue green: also the sill
-ry tones of gray. Rooms in which
nItle sunlight is admitted must be
and be given the effect of |
sunlight. This may be impaired by |
using warm colors In its decorations |
These are yellow. red brown. reds, |
yellow with hint of red. olive and |
gold green.
1t is we'll to bear in mind that al |
most every color has a cold and a |
warm tone. The first is produced by |
combining blue or green with the orig |
inal color. while the warm tone is |
made by combining red or yellow with |
1t. Thus brown with hint of blue is
cold, while brown with hint of red |
is warm. and the effect of the two is
entirely different
windows also greatly affect the inten-
sity of the color 1t must always be
remembered that any interior is dark
compared with out of doors, and in
the lightest room there will be dark |
corners or spaces where the color will
seem much darker than it really is
This explains why wall paper which
appeared perfectly satisfactory in the
dealers store is often a disappoint-
ment on the wall of the room for
which II was bought The sample in
the store was displayed in a different
ciples will always govern the proper
use of color in house decoration-first,
that Of color in relation to light; sec
ond color in graduation. and. third, col
or In masses. These principles are not
difficult TO master. but they are as i'm
portant and as impossible to escape as
climate. The shades Of color used on
walls or ceiling govern everything
else. The color of the wallis prescribes
the color that must be used in floor
coverings. curtains and draperies
After the relation of color to light has
been established and personal prefer
ences have been taken into account the
next principle is that of graduation
The strongest and purest tones of the
color are naturally and almost by in
stinct put at the base-th is, the floor
covering should carry the darkest col
Or or its strongest Tone
1t Is not often advisable to use what
Is known as a one color decoration-that
S, combining the entire decoration to
single color. Such plan is much like
.rying to make melody on one note
# the scale. The best effects In both
sounds and color are produced BY the