Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-24

which in their full intensity can BIZ
used in large quantities without dis
aster. Tho we may enjoy an occas
lonal note of red, the entire wall GOV
cred with this, unmodified, is not
conducive to the good cheer a minor
quantity or subdued quality of il
may suggest. Only those colors can
give satisfactory results, in large
areas, which have been tempered in
tone, either by using another color
IN admixture or by tightening their
values to tints. The green, for in
stance, a mixture of blue and yellow,
with sometimes black or white accord
ing to shade or tint required, pro-
duces more pleasing background
when toned with a little red. Like
wise the red gains in quality by hay-
Ing in its composition a touch of yell
loWish green. Colors used in juxta-
position combine to produce an har-
monlous scheme if related by a com
mon hue. For Instance, blue and
blue green present more pleasing
analogy than blue and yeHowish
green, and a better harmony of
orange and green results, when the
green has been influenced by the
red of the orange. Relationship"
is the watchward, and our maxim,
Strong contrasts are to be avoid
ed. :"
We spoke of colors as affecting us
by their harmony or discord, either
pleasantly or unpleasantly; we also
associate with them certain sensa-
tions Of warmth or lack Of it. Due
to this second analysis result the
two classes, warm color and cold
color. In the first class are found
red, orange and yellow and the tones
influenced by them, while the colors
leaning toward blue, green and violet
are called cold. Notifications in
these colors may occur, whereby a
or or vice versa, changing the orig
Inal character of the color: for in
stance: the cold green may be made
quite warm by becoming an olive
green, having received touch of
orange; or a red may be made cool
er by adding a little blue, tho it !
does not become a cold color Brown, |
according to it's inclination toward |
orange or green determines its own |
ella ssification.
The need of discr i'm ina ton in plac- |
ing color is evident We have in |
our homes a southern exposure where
the warm sunlight pours in, leaving
no desire for more heat, whether rea
or suggested. Why not choose for
such a room the color which will dis
pei any added suggestion of warmth?
For the room facing the north, a
warm color is most effectual in over
coming the sensation of low tenn
perature suggested by the absence of
direct sunlight. In selecting colors
for the living room, dining room, or
say the hall, preference is given to
the darker and richer hues, that the /
relation between the walls and fur
nlshings may be made more harmoni
GUS. Dark colors also seem to i'm
ply service. To me, the living room
suggests a simple treatment of soft |
tones, blending readily with the sur
closely associated. Our colors for
this room must be those which can
stand the test of frequent and long
seeing. The soft green and brownish
hues are we'll adapted to this SER
vice. The vestibule and hail. the
scene of welcome, or the dining-room
the center of good fellowship, may
appropriately receive a decoration
OF toned red as a color which signi-
flies friendship and general good will.
The length of intervals between re-
curing visits to these rooms and
the shorter periods of time spent
in them are an excuse for more Wig
orous colorings.
For the bedroom the more deli
cate values are chosen as bearing
closer relation to@light and cleanli-
choose is long one, due to the var
iety resulting in producing different
values, and to the changes made in
the quality of colors by altering pro-
portions, of pigment in mixing. The
delicate rose, buff, and soft yellows
for the north room and the light
green's, pale blues and delicate vio-
let's for the sunlit rooms make pleas
ing backgrounds, quite ready to fall
into harmony with one another and
with the usual bedroom furnishings.
The worries and yellows are admir-
able bedroom tones, particularly in
the chamber of few windows.
To revert to the wall decoration of
the middle ages We find in it first,
study of proportion. A pleasing |
relation between the parts and the |
whole was a rule and the decoration |
accented this fact. Walls at the pres
ent time are constructed with con
veniences as a first cause and good |
proportion frequently, an incidental,
To overcome these defects or to pre-
serve a pleasing relationship where
it exists is a problem to be solved
with the arrangement of color. We
are fortunate in having devices which
tend to deceive the eye and appar-
emily counteract the deficiencies of