The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-02

shown, Tor there are many colorS OF
which q little Is enjoyable when
mass would be uncomfortable. Constant.
~ surrounded by glow of vivid scar
let would be like close companionship
with brass band, but a 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, coy or dis.
turbing, according to its quality and
force. Without color room is much
like bare canvas, which might. but
does not, give a 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
single room or for an entire house
certain points must be borne I'm 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 It's
true character. Every book. every pic
ture. every carefully selected piece of
furniture. brought into the house
makes IL part of a beautiful whole,
and no house can be absolutely perfect
without all these evidences Of family
life.
MI ta fnIl In, OaIn In
ors for any room are to make the
choice on this basis:
+ With reference to the light I'm 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 greens In
various tones. water green. emerald
green and blue green: also the sill
very tones Of gray. Rooms In whicY
little sunlight is admitted must be
frightened 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 a hint Of red, olive and
gold green.
1t Is well to bear in mind that al
most every color has cold and
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
II. Thus brown with hint of blue Is
cold. while brown with a hint of red
is warm. and the effect of the two Is
entirely different.
The number, size and placing of the
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
This explains why wall paper which
appeared perfectly satisfactory In the
Dealers store is often disappoint-
ment on the wall Of the room for
wn'Sn it was bought The sample in
the store was displayed In different
light from that in the room. Three prin-
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 walls 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-that is. the floor
covering should carry the darkest col
OF or its strongest tone.
1t Is not often advisable to use what
is known as one color decoration-that
Is. confining the entire decoration to
single color. Snch plan il much like
trying to make melody on one no 9
of the scale The best effects I'm both
sounds and color are produced by the
skillful variation OF tones. The grada-
ton and combination OF even opposing
tints give the greatest satisfaction to
the eye. But. whatever the color or col
ors used. they must be darkest on the
door. The walls viii give the second
grade In color and the ceiling the last.
These gradations, too, should be dis
tinct and separate enough in tone to
be perfectly apparent. The connecting