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Show Selection of Colors Plays Major Role in Renovation In renovating your rooms for the spring and summer, selection of colors will play an important role. It spells the difference between a dull, lifeless room and one that is cheerful and livable. There are three primary colors red, yellow and blue. All others are formed by combining these three in varying degrees and by addition of black or white to darken or lighten the value. To make a small room appear larger, utilize the cool or receding colors, such as the light blues, grays, greens, ivories and off-whites. The warm or advancing colors, such as red, terra cotta, rose, brown and tan, have the opposite effect, appearing ap-pearing to reduce the size of the room. Rooms which arc too large and appear to run away with the fur-njshings fur-njshings can be brought together by using big, over-scale wallpaper patterns pat-terns in warm colors. On the other hand, small patterns in cool colors tend to "spread out" the walls. |