Color Schemes For Rooms Under Normal Conditions

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				KEYNOTE COLORS
A	B	A	B	A	B
*Floor*	*Drapery* *Border*	*Wood Trim*	*Wainscoting*	*Side-Wall*	*Furniture* *Coverings*
(Brown and gray tones)	(Full tones)	(Wood tones)	(Deep tones)	(Soft tones)	(Soft tones)
Brown	Yellow	Mission	Green	Red	Green
Deep oak brown	Orange	Mission	Blue	Orange	Blue
Light oak	Green	Light oak	Violet	Yellow	Violet
Deep olive	Blue	Oak	Red	Green	Red
Mission tones of slate	Violet	Mahogany	Orange	Blue	Orange
Deep plum	Red	Violet toned or tulip	Yellow	Violet	Yellow

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A	B	A	B	A
*Furniture*	*Frieze*	*Draperies*	*Ceiling*	*Cornice*
(Wood tones)	(Soft tones)	(Full tones)	(Pale wash tones)	(Pale wash tones)
Mahogany	Pale green	Red	Palest green	Pale yellow
Deep oak	Blue	Orange	Palest blue	Pale green
Gold, gray or yellow	Violet	Yellow	Palest violet	Pale blue
Walnut gray	Grayish red	Green	Palest red	Pale violet
Mission brown	Gray orange	Blue	Palest orange	Pale orange
Gold or violet tone	Yellow	Violet	Palest yellow	Pale pink

Exception 1. The ceiling, where there is no pronounced cornice or cove, should follow the wall tint.

Exception 2. Independent of rule, a low ceiling should be in receding color.

It is impossible to tabulate directions for using color without an understanding of the conditions, the size, light and height of a room. The above tables relate only to normal conditions.

White woodwork can be used effectively in the trims of a room and give greater light and size. The darker the wood trims the smaller the room appears. We have left out of consideration the window treatments which, as a rule, should be of white lace, perhaps overdraped in colored stuffs. If the room is poorly lighted, it is obviously undesirable to cut off any light from the window by even laces; the curtains, therefore, in a poorly lighted room should be draped back. Colored laces, grenadines or madras stuffs are frequently used to give period style or color tone, and wherever they are used, such curtains should harmonize with the wall. So also with the overdraperies to the lace curtains.

89. Luminous or advancing colors make a small room look all the smaller; therefore in small rooms we suggest the use of white woodwork, and in the color treatment we would avoid contrasts, but would suggest harmonies of analogy in receding colors, soft grays, greens and blues. These are not luminous colors and will make a small room look the larger, while the white will give light effects, and if the room appears a trifle somber it can be easily relieved by the bright colors of the bric-à-brac and by a touch of gold here and there on the wall.

90. There are cases where a small room has a northern exposure, and while apparently expedient to treat such a room in warm colors to supply the deficiency of sunlight, such a course would make a room look smaller.

91. Under the circumstances treat the room in light hues, gray preferred, and get the deficiency of sunlight through some warm isolated details and in the lace curtains.

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