Part 3 (1/2)

63. The cornice should be lighter than the border, and its members may show several tints, with the ceiling lighter still. (See -- 92.)

64. As a rule the color of the chair coverings should be the complementary of the side-walls, and the color of the furniture frames should be complementary to the wainscoting; so by following this rule we find that the wainscoting serves as a contrasting background to the chair frame.

65. Let us imagine a room wherein the side-walls are of a reddish tint; the wainscoting, being a complementary color, is of a greenish cast. The furniture is of mahogany, and in contrast to the wainscoting, while the chair covering, being greenish in contrast to the chair frame, is also in contrast to the side-wall. Here we have, then, the color relations of side-wall, wainscoting, furniture-frames and covering; but it is undesirable that these tones should be in the same scale. (See -- 62 and -- 92, also tables pages 42 and 43.)

{ { { _Furniture_: Large pieces, preserving broken { { { heights.

{ { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rules of proportion.

{ { HIGH { _Color_: Subdued contrasts of somber tones { { CEILING { picked out in contrasts of gold, red { { { and orange. Ma.s.ses of luminous color are { { { permissible in well-lighted rooms. Borders, { { { friezes, dadoes and wainscotings may be { { { used, and a bordered carpet or large rug { WELL { { in the low tone of the color scheme.

{ LIGHTED { { { { _Furniture_: Avoid high pieces, excepting as { { { relief to the use of many low pieces.

{ { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rule of proportion, { { LOW { using perpendicular stripes to give height { { CEILING { effect on wall; avoid friezes, wainscoting, { { { dadoes. Carpet borders may be safely used.

{ { { _Color_: Subdued contrast of somber tones { { { picked out in bright effects; luminous { { { ma.s.ses permissible.

LARGE{ ROOM { { { _Furniture_: Large pieces, preserving broken { { { heights.

{ { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rules of proportion.

{ { HIGH { _Color_: Softly luminous, soft orange, yellow, { { CEILING { green, suns.h.i.+ny colors to give artificial { { { light, picked out with contrasting color.

{ { { Border, frieze and wainscoting may be used, { { { also carpet or large rugs in the low tone { POORLY { { of the color scheme.

{ LIGHTED { { { { _Furniture_: Low pieces relieved by some high { { { pieces.

{ { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rule of proportion, { { LOW { using perpendicular stripes to give wall { { CEILING { height; avoid friezes, wainscoting or { { { dado; carpet borders may be safely used { { { in the low tone of the color scheme.

{ { { _Color_: Softly luminous, soft orange, yellow, { { { green, suns.h.i.+ny colors to give artificial { { { light, picked out with contrasting color.

{ { { _Furniture_: Small pieces, relieved by small { { { high pieces.

{ { { _Designs_: Small, proportionate to the size { { { of the room.

{ { HIGH { _Color_: Use harmonies of a.n.a.logy or related { { CEILING { parts and of a receding character, blue { { { or gray green, gray predominating; avoid { { { orange or red, excepting in the { WELL { { bric-a-brac. Small rugs. Horizontal { LIGHTED { { effects on walls.

{ { { { { { _Furniture_: Low pieces relieved by small high { { { pieces.

{ { { _Designs_: Small on draperies and furniture { { LOW { coverings; use perpendicular stripes to { { CEILING { give height effect on wall; avoid deep { { { friezes, wainscoting, dado or borders.

{ { { _Color_: Use harmonies of a.n.a.logy or related { { { parts, of greens or blues, grays { { { predominating; avoid luminous colors--yellow, { { { orange or red, excepting in the { { { bric-a-brac. Small rugs.

SMALL{ ROOM { { { _Furniture_: Small pieces, relieved by small { { { high pieces.

{ { { _Designs_: Small on wall and fabrics.

{ { { Horizontal effects.

{ { HIGH { _Color_: White in the woodwork gives artificial { { CEILING { light; use pale gray colors on wall, { { { slightly tinted green or yellow, faintly { { { relieved by red or orange--the stronger { { { colors only for the bric-a-brac. For the { { { floor avoid bordered carpets; use small { { { rugs.

{ POORLY { { LIGHTED { { _Furniture_: Low pieces.

{ { { _Designs_: Follow the rule of proportions, { { { with perpendicular stripes on wall, to { { { give height effect. Avoid borders on { { LOW { wall; use small rugs on floor.

{ { CEILING { _Color_: A preponderance of white in woodwork { { { and fresh gray on wall with a touch of { { { yellow and green in soft tones.

{ { { Contrasting colors only in bric-a-brac { { { and small details.

-ROOM PROPORTIONS-

66. In small rooms harmonies of contrast are unsafe, because contrasts must involve advancing colors, which make a room look smaller. (See -- 86 and -- 90.) Harmonies of a.n.a.logy are far better; and as frieze, wainscoting and dado are not recommended in the small room, we suggest that the furniture woodwork and the wood trims should be of one color note, unless it is desired that the wood trims should be white; and that the side-walls, curtains and chair upholsterings should be of a note in some degree related and of receding color, picked out with just a touch of contrasting color. (See -- 90 and -- 91.)

This contrasting color may be introduced in the accessories, the pictures, bric-a-brac, flowers (natural or artificial) or books.