Evening star., 1922-10-22
NE of the most difficult prob
lens in furnishing a home is
the correct use of color. and

lemS IN 1OrniSnlnS nome is
y the correct use of color, and
to those who do not have
an inborh color sense and who have
had no training in the use and ap-
probation of color the problem often
seems hopeless. Like anything
worth knowing. 1t requires study and
patiencs but. having learned to
really appreciate it and to use it,
there is nothing either in nature or
in the art products of the world that
gives. any keener pleasure than a
full appreciation of color.
Not all artists and scientists are
agreed on just one color theory as
the only and correct one. 1t some
times seems as IL there is one for
almost every artist. but. reduced to
a lowest common denominator, they
are all based primarily on the colors
of the spectrum. One of the simplest
and easiest to use is based on the
three primary colors. red. yellow and
blue. in their normal full intensity.
BY normal red. for instance. is meant
red which contains not an atom of
any other color. and by full intensity
is meant the strongest, most bril-
liant red that can be obtained with
out the addition OF any other color.
With pigment 1t is very difficult to
get an absolutely pure. unadulter-
ated primary color. but in working
out the chart which Is illustrated GER
tain water colors can be used. which.
for all practical purposes. are per-
feet. This chart Is developed in a
circle. with pure yellow. red and blue.
the three primary colors. placed at
equal intervals apart, yellow at the
top. red at the right-hand side and
blue at the left. Hallway between
the primary colors are the binary
colors. orange composed OF half yell
low and half red, the so-called par
ent colors: green, which is half yell
low and half blue, and violet, which
is half blue and half red. Halfway
between each Of these colors arc the
hues-namely. yellow orange, red
orange. red violet, blue violet, blue
green and yellow green. All of the
colors on the outside OF the circle
are pure, full intense, mature color.
meaning eolors that have not been
neutralized or grayed by the addition
Of the third primary.
A pure ray CT light contains the
three primary colors. red, yellow and
blue. United in a ray Of light. these
colors produce white; but II these
coiors are united in pigment, that is,
oil paint water color or ink, they
produce gray. Therefore. we put
pure gray. the equal combination of
full-intense red. yellow and blue, in
the center of the chart
In practically all home furnishings
except a few small objects, the colors
have been neutraliZed or grayed. for
the reason that In most rooms the
use of brilliant color in any quantity
would be very firing. Therefore, in
the chart the primary and binars
colors have been neutralized by the
addition of the complim sntary color.
For instance. neutral yellow Is made
by the addition Of its compliment
violet. the color directly opposite 1t
in the circle; neutral orange by the
addition of blue. and SO on around
colors shown on the chart there are
myriads of shades. tints and huee,
but sufficient are shown to make q
working basis for the building of
color schemes; and now having made
the chart, the next interesting step
is to learn how to use IL.
There are certain simple funda-