Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1923-03-24
COLOR AND LIGHT
FOR THE HOME
BY 2. c. Braithwalte, Assistant Pro.
fessor of Art, Utah AgrIcul-
turaI College

color harmony and light control that
affect not only the miilionaire's man
sion but every home whatever the
size or cost.
By little study of these funda-
mentals one is able to change
room that is a veritable riot or nerve
shock into one of refinement and re-
spose.
Color and color harmony are not
merely an artists problem; they are
vital to the well being of every man
and woman, to such and extent that
9hychogolists have frequently ac-
counted for good and bad actions en-
tirely in the suggestion Of colors as
ISOLATED with the lives of the persons
involved and as In some cases colors
have stimulated to direct action, so
with most of us the colors among
which We live affect our thoughts and
impulses to a marked degree. We
say that some colors are "cold"
others are warm" some stimulate,
others recede. Subconsciously we are
all more or less susceptible to this
influence. 1t is therefore Of more
than esthetic importance to learn the
law OF coloring; and from 1t produce
the rooms that are CHEEKY and home-
like or restful, or dignitied as we WILL
OF the three primary colors from
which all shades, tints or hues of
color are derived by combination.
red, and yellow are stimulating while
blue the third, 10 COOL. receeding.
restful. As result, the combina-
ton of red and yellow, which produce
orange is frequently irritating to the
nerves; red and blue, the one stimu-
lating the other restful, combine in
violet, which is reposeful as 1t tends
towards the blue, but stimulating az
it tends toward the red. Blue and
yellow, the one cool. the other warm
but not so much as red, produce
green, the nature color and the most
soothing combination. Further COM
bining the secondaries orange, violet
or green will have similar but more
moderate effects in their third form
and more moderate still In their
fourth state, to which We can work
out the combinations, finding the
tendencies of our favorite buff slate
or sage or plum, and from this know
ledge Of the effects of the first three
colors we can work out our own par.
ticular plan or house decoration, ap-
plying the rules surely and exactly
to each individual room. Knowing
then that red, orange or. yellow be-
ing warm colors and ,colors that ad-
vance, they will tend to make a room
look smaller as will large pro-
nounced design In a wall paper, the
hue of distance as We see 1t when
looking from top with very delicate
design will add feet to the extent
Of a room.
The living room, which should be
CHEEKY and inviting to all the family
and still restful in feeling may be
finished in one of the tertiary or
quarternary colors, buff or plum,
warm yet enough blue In to cool it.
The bedrooms in CHEEKY colors, but If
small. tending toward the cooler and
receeding hues: with these funda-
mentais of color In mind we would
work to express the characters OF
different rooms in their tones of dec
grafton: the hall dignified with SIM
plicity and good order: the drawing
room graceful and formal, the living
room CHEEKY and hospitable, dining
room simple and harmonious, the bed
RON airy and dainty or substantial,
or otherwise bespeaking the char
acters of their occupants.
So far we have dealt only with
color. but now for color's indispens.
able ally, or enemy, Light. Too much
of the wrong kind of light may result
In terrible discords among the colors
used while too little light will SUBJ
due or ''kill'' all the character in hues
that should have been beautiful We
must plan the two together to get
the best results. We should base our
selection on daylight as modern ar
tificial lighting can be toned so as
to produce the same effect as day.
light Let us then regulate our
choice of eolors by the kind of light
that enters our rooms. Too much or
too little light are both unpleasant
or injurious. The proper adjustment
of light goes more to comfort and
homeyness than almost anything
else. One help to dark room is the
use OF bright or light hangings at
the windows with white or cream
woodwork. It is sometimes possible
to remodel the windows by cutting
through the wall, thus making II
larger. To adjust the light In a room
with too much light, there is always
the dark hangings which must OF
course harmonic with the interior
scheme. The hangings could he hung
so as to open or close. thus adjusting
the right amount of light. This.