The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-12

sunlight. This may be Impaired by
using warm coiors In It's decorations.
These are yellow. red brown. reds,
yellow with q hint Of red. olive and
gold green.
II Is well to bear In mind that al
most every color has a cold and q
warm tone. The first Is produced by
combining blue or green with the orig
inal color. while the warm tone Ia
made by combining rcd or yellow with
II. Thus brown with a hint Of blue IL
cold, while brown with a hint Of red
Is warm. and the effect Of the two Ia
entirely different.
The number. size and placing Of the
windows also greatly affect the inten-
sity Of the color. II 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 II really Is
This explains why wall paper which
appeared perfectly satisfactory In the
dealers store IL often a disappoint-
ment on the wall OF the room for
which Il was bought The sample In
the store was displayed in a 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 20 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
or or its strongest tone.
II is not often advisable to use what
is known as n one color decoration-that
Is, combining the entire decoration to a
single color. Such a plan Is much like
trying TO make 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 to
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 aud the ceiling the last.
These gradations. too. should be dis
tinct and separate enough In tone to
be perfectly apparent. The connecting
grades may appear In furniture cover
ing and draperies. Then the third
principle. using color In masses, means
that whatever color is used should be
given space enough to establish itself
freely. In other words. II should not
be broken into patches and neutralixed
by divisions. Nature does not put a
single red leaf on a tree and then
change the color to yellow or green.
Rather the whole forest will have its
various colors so arranged that one il
perfectly conscious Of every one of
them. The brilliant red Is In quantity
sunclent 10 make ltseir relt, YET II
does not interfere with the glow Of
the yellow Ut the restfulness OF the
green. Inc general tone OF the room
may be what you will green or blue
or a division OF each-but to be per-
feet every detail In the room must be
related to one or both OF these colors.
II this rule Is disregarded every piece
OF furniture unrelated to the whole
becomes spot which has no real con-
nection with and puts the entire room
out Of harmony.
Where to Use Different CoIors.
Some colors are much better suited
to one room than another. IL ones
favorite color is pink IL should not be
used in the dining room or hall. Light
blues, pinks. lavender and other dainty
shades are more suitable for sleeping
rooms occupied by young people.
though for the average person there
Is no better color than a soft. upob-
trusiye green for a bedroom.
Red has for wears been the fayorite
color for dining room. aud vet there
are certain reasons why IL is entirely
out OF place there. For one reason.
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