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Show COLOR'S COLORS ' BIG PART PARTIN PARTIN IN HOME SETTINGAt SETTING"At SETTING "At At " At least 50 per cent of the hom home homeinteriors honminteriors . interIors I have havo seen arc arp are drab and andcolorless andcolorless and.colorless andcolorless . colorless , " declares the color con consultant . sultant for one of New England's Englands England'smanufacturers England'smanufacturers England'smanufacturers Englandsmanufacturers ' manufacturers ) of ff djes dyes d es and tints . "I I III " do not menIt mem me\n me n mein ' \ It " ItsaId said the ' color 'Color ex- ex ox- ox expert oxpert ex expert - pert , "that that " tbe these e homes lack charac charac- cliarac character character - ter and hospitality hospltalltv , The Thej . ) , ' simply 'umply umply d dal dalnot dotnot not ha have hale , e spirkle sp'lrkle splrkle sparkle ' or 'per50n'111t1 per50n111t1 'person'tllty persontllty 'per&onilitythat peronilitythat ' & ' ' ' * ' tha that t the right use of color gh gives gibes es n a . ahome ahome home to ID Inspire plre cheerfulness cheerfulness"A "A A " faded fatIed curtain or cushion or a adull adull adull dull scar scarf ! or bedspread will kill thelivableness the theHvablenes thellvablcncss Hvablenes livableness I < : of a room Such things thingsare thingsare thingsare are inexcusible Ine\cus'1ble Ine cus'1ble cus1ble ine'ccusible ineccusible ' \ : ' In these days of inexpensis In- In Incxpens1 In Inexpensive - expensive cxpens1\ cxpens1 cxpens1e expensis \ e a tints tintc ; and dyes that can canbe canbe canbe be used so simpiy sImpJY sImpJYIt It " ItShe She believes bellees belleses belle\ belle \ es that miracles can be beperformed beperformed baperformed performed with w1th Ihe the correct cornct use of of'Color ofcolor ofcolor 'Color Color ' Color can change cbang an Indi Indl- Indl IndlvIdual's Indlvhlual's Individual's - vidual's viduals vhlual's vhluals ' ' ' personality . It can make male a aroom aroom aroom room " seem 3eem lar larger er or smaller , dark dark- darker darker . - er or lighter , cool or warm , dignified dignifiedor or frivolous , quiet or vivacious , rest rest- restful restful restful - ful or disturbing , cheerful or de dc de depressing . . pressing pressing"Color pressingllColor "Color Color llColor " harmony is the most Im- Im Important important Im Important - portant feature of the decorative decorativet'lcheme decorativescheme decorativescheme t'lcheme tlcheme scheme ' . It la Is the least expensIve expensIveand expensiveand expensiveand and the most effective effethve means menns of ot ex- ex ox- ox expressIon oxpresslon ex expression - pression presslon Color has an emotional emotionalvalue emotionalvalue emotionalvalac value to which the sense of sight re re- responds re responds . - sponds as the ear to mu music lc . Each Eachcolor Eachcolor Eachcolor color iias Ims has some definite q quality gtallty , auty . 'For For ' For In Instance tance , blue Is a ' cool 'Cool , re- re receding receding re receding - - ceding ' color ' \ which hlch makes n a room roomseem roomseem roomseem seem larger , possibly pos'ilbly posilbly ' because of ot its itsIdcntIty itsidentity itsIdentity IdcntIty identity with the sky . It Induces Inducesrestraint inducesrestraint Inducesrestraint restraint and repose Green Is na- na nature's nature's na nature's - - ture's tures ' color , restful to tired spiritsand spirits spiritsnnd spiritsand nnd and easy on tired eyes e , } es It brings brmgs inthe In Inthe inthe the spacious coolness of the out out- outdoors outdoors outdoors - doors doors"Yellow doorsIIYenow "Yellow Yellow IIYenow " Is the color of sunshine sunshine.It sunshineIt . . It is the great light Hgbt giving color and andIs andis andl3 Is often used In decorating dark city cityrooms cityrooms cityrooms rooms which do not ha\e ha e hae ha\ ha has \ \ e a tun full tunmeasure fullmeasure fullmeasure measure of sunlight . . . Red and or- or orange orange or orange - ange are exciting e"t'citlng etcitlng eeciting " ' and aggressive aggressivecolor aggressivecolors aggressivecolors color colors These are dangerous in large largequantlhes largequantities largaquantities quantlhes quantities Red ned makes mahes objects ap- ap appear appear ap appear - - pear nearer than they are By actual ac- ac actual ac actual - - tual test this color coJor can make a room roomseem roomseem roomseem seem 80 30 per cent larger than the thesame thesame thesame same room 'n n In to ' blue " Color plays a J . bigger pirt p'lrt plrt ' In our ourlines ourlives 11es lines 11\ 11 \ es than we realize renllze and many of ofu ofould ofua o oui u ui ua would \\ould ould ' \ be happier it if ife we \\e e ' \ paid mon more monattentIon moreattention moreattention attentIon to color harmony . |