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Show COLOR AND LIGHT FORM HOI By F. C. Bralthwalte, Asslsant Pro. feasor of Art, Utah Agricultural Agricul-tural College There, nro n few fundamentals of ?olnr harmony and ll'ht control that affect not only the millionaire's mansion man-sion hul cvory homo whatever the ai.o or cost. 1! a llltlo study of theso fundamentals funda-mentals ono Is able to change n room th.it is n veritable riot or nerva shock into one of refinement and re-spose. re-spose. Color and color harmony are not merely an artist's problem; they are vital to the well being of every man and woman, to such and extent that ')hychogollHt.M have frequently ac. counted for good and bad actions entirely en-tirely In the suggestion of colors associated as-sociated 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 n marked degree. W ' say that some colors are "cold" others are "warm" some stimulate, others recede. Subconsciously we are all more or less susceptible to this Influence. It Is therefore of more than esthetic importance to learn the law of coloring; and from it produce the rooms that are cheery and home, like or restful, or dignilied as we will. Of the three primary colors from .'hich all shades, tinis or hues o' 'olor are derived by combination, red, and yellow are stimulating while blue the third, is cool, recpelin" restful. As a result, the comlilna. (ion of red and yellow, which produce orange is frequently irritating to th' nerves; rod and blue, the one stimulating stimu-lating the other restful, combine In violet, which Is reposeful as It tends towards the blue, hut stimulating as it tends toward the red. Blue nrv' yellow, the one cool, the other warm but not so much as red, produce -reen, the nature color and the mos soothing combination. F'Tter combining com-bining the secondaries orange, violet or green will have similar hut more moderate effects in their third forrr and more moderate still in their fourth state, to which we can wo-out wo-out the combinations, finding the tendencies of our lavorite buff slatr )r saire or plum, and from this know 'edce of the effects of the first thr"" colors we can worn out our own particular par-ticular plan of house decoration, applying ap-plying the rules surely and exactly to each individual room. Knowins then that red, orange or yellow be-in:.' be-in:.' warm colors and colors that advance, ad-vance, they will tend to make a room 'ok smaller as will a large pronounced pro-nounced design in a wall paper, the hue of distance as we see it when !ooking from a top with very de'icate design will add feet to the extent of a room. The living room, which should be '-heery and inviting to all the family and still restful In feeling may he lini hed in one of the tertiary or (luarternary colors, a buff or plum, warm yet enough blue in to cool i The bedrooms in cheery colors, but i' small, tending toward the cooler receeding hues ; with these 1 fundamentals funda-mentals of color In mind we woul-i work to express the characters of different rooms in their tones of decoration: dec-oration: the hall dignified with simplicity sim-plicity and good order; the dra" incr room graceful and formal, the 11' in--room cheery and hospitable, diniflT room simple and harmonious, the bed mom airy and dainty or substantial, or otherwise bespeaking the characters char-acters of their occupants. So far we hane dealt only with color, but now for color's indispensable indispens-able ally, or enemy, Light. Too much of the wrong kind of Unlit may result In terrible discords among the col r used while too little light will sub-flue sub-flue or "kill" all the character in hues that should have been beautiful. must plan the two together to get the best resuls. We should base our selection on daylight as modern artificial ar-tificial lightng can he toned so as to produce the same effect as 'daylight. 'day-light. Let us then regulate our choice of colors by the kind of lk'ht that enters our rooms. Too much or too little light are both unpleasant or injurious. The proper adiusment of light goes more to comfort and homeyness than almost anything else. One help to a 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 it ; larger. To adjusf'the light in a room with too much light, there is always the dark hangings which must of course harmonize with the interior scheme. The hangings could be h'ma so as to open or close, thus adjusting the right amount of light. Tlrs, I think, is a much better idea than using blinds as Minds are so hard in line and usually left at varying heights on different windows. There Is the possible installation of casement case-ment windows, leaded lights which would subdue and adjust. Oftimes the changing around of the furniture In a room, the arrangment of mirrors mir-rors add spaciousness |