The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1910-06-24

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 which
little sunlight is admitted must be
frightened and be given the effect OF
sunlight. This may be impaired by
using warm colors in it's decorations.
These are yellow, red brown. reds.
yellow with hint Of red. olive and
gold green.
It is we'll 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
it, 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 IL 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
lappeared perfectly satisfactory in the
i'dealer's store is often disappoint-
ment on the wall of the room for
which it was bought. The sample in
the store was displayed in different
Hight from that in the room. Three prin-
ciples will always govern the proper
use of color in house decoration-frst.
that of color in relation to light; sec
ond. color in gradation. 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 gradation.
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
or or it's strongest tone.
1t is not often advisable to use what
| is known a S one color decoration-that
is, confining the entire decoration to a
| single color. Such plan is much like
; | trying to make a melody on one note
, | of the scale The best effects in 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 te
THE eye But. whatever the color or col
ors used. they must be darkest on the
floor. The walls will give the SECOND
grade in color and the ceiling the last
These gradations, TOO. should be dis
tinct and separate enough in tone tt
be perfectly apparent. The connecting
grades may appear in furniture cover
ing and draperies. Then the thirC
principle. using color IN masses. means
that whatever color is used should b'
given space enough to establish itsel
| freely. In other words, it should no
| be broken into patches and neutralizet
! by divisions. Nature does not put ;
l single red leaf on a tree and thel
/ change the color to yellow or green
Il Rather the whole forest will have it
Il various colors so arranged that one i
/ perfectly conscious of every one o
4 them. The brilliant red is in quantit.
sufficient to make itself felt. yet
:. does not interfere with the glow o
r the yellow or the restfulness of tn
Y ! green. The general tone of the roor
e may be what you will-green or blu
& or division of each-but to be pei
d feet every detail in the room must b
ID /, related to one or both of these colors
If If this rule is disregarded every piec
y of furniture unrelated to the Who'll
e becomes a spot which has no real cor
# nection with and puts the entire rooI
a out of harmony.
L Where to Use Different CoIors.
+ Some colors are much better suite
p to one room than another. If one
oi favorite color is pink it should not
used in the dining room or hall. Ligh
blues, pinks. lavender and other daint
le shades are more suitable for sleepin
e. rooms occupied by young people
s. though for the average person ther
10 is no better color than a soft, unot
~ trusive green for a bedroom.
IL Red has for years been the favorit
'e color for dining room. and yet ther
is are certain reasons why it is entirel
Is out Of place there. For one reasol
the color soon becomes monotonou
a1 and has an irritating effect upon ner'
70 GUS or highly strung persons. A
at though a warm color, it is inclined
10 absorb light. 1t is very rich an
w warm in sunlight or artificial ligh
Sc but in ordinary daylight it makes
u. room seem dark and gloomy. Ii re
Q. is to be used at all in wall coverin
~ it should be confined to hall or del
II l some room which is NOT in cOnStaI