The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1923-04-04
COLOR AND LIGHT
FOR THE HOME
BY =. c. BraIthwaite, Assistant Pro.
lessor Of Art, Utah AgrlcuI-
tural College

sioH Out every nome Whatever Inc
size or cost.
BY little study of these funda-
mentals one Is able to change a
room that is a veritable riot or nerve
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
phychogolists have frequently &C
counted for good and bad actions en-
trely 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, 80
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 It 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, II COOL. receedins
Yaatfn1 10 h. combine
ton Of red and yellow, which produce
orange is frequently irritating to ths
nerves; red and blue, the one stimu-
lating the other restful, combine In
violet, which Is reposeful ~ 1t tends
towards the blue, but stimulating ~
1t tends toward the red. Blue and
yellow, the one cool, tho other warm
but not so much az 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
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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 of house decoration, ep-
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 a large pro- /
nounced design in a wall paper, the
hue of distance as We see 1t when
looking from a top with very delicate
design will add feet to the extent
of a room.
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-
of color In mind we would
work to express the characters OF
different rooms In their tones of dec
oration: the hall dignified with sim
plicity and good order; the drawing
-oom graceful and formal, the living
'oom CHEEKY and hospitable, dining
Dom simple and harmonious, the bed
'oom airy and dainty or substantial,
,r otherwise bespeaking the char
lcters of their occupants.
So far we have dealt only with
'olor, but now for color's indispens
bile ally, or enemy, Light. Too much
f the wrong kind of light may result
n terrible discords among the colors
sed while too little light will sub
ne or kill" all the character in hues
hat should have been beautiful. We
must plan the two together to get
he best results. We should base our
election on daylight as modern ar
ficial lighting can be toned so as
D produce the same effect as day
ght Let us then regulate our
hoice of colors by the kind of light
nat enters our rooms. Too much or
20 little light are both unpleasant
r Injurious. The proper adjustment
{ light goes more to comfort and
than almost anything
se. One help to a dark room is the
Sc of bright or light hangings at ,
le windows with white or cream
ooGwork 1t is sometimes possible {
remodel the windows by cutting 9
trough the wall, thus making II I
rger. To adjust the light in a room
it'll too much light, there is always
10 dark hangings which must Of
,urse harmonic with the interior
heme. The hangings could be hung +
as to open or close, thus adjusting o
g right amount Of light. This, I Il
ink, is much better Idea than D
ing blinds as blinds are so hard In =.
le and usually left at varying 81