124 How To Make Fish Mounts 



4. Monochromatic Color Scheme 



One color with two or more values of the same color produces 

 a monochromatic color scheme. For example, a light green 

 silhouette on a dark green background. 



As I said previously, the color scheme of your room should 

 be the basic criterion for choice of color in your fish silhouette. 

 If you have green walls, your fish may look well cut from an 

 illustration board on the red or maroon side (complementary 

 colors). The background board could be a green lighter or 

 darker than the wall. 



If you want a more subtle effect in your room with the green 

 walls, your fish could be a blue-green silhouette or a yellow- 

 green background board ( analogous colors ) . 



On a blue wall you might choose a maroon fish on a pale 

 yellow background (colors in triad). If you were looking for 

 a still softer effect on the blue wall, you could choose a light 

 blue silhouette (lighter than the walls) and a very light blue 

 background (monochromatic colors). 



Use the colors in the wheel and my suggestions merely as 

 a guide. The final choice should be made mainly by consider- 

 ing the color of the walls, rugs, and all other accessories in the 

 room. Wise choice of a wooden frame may also improve the 

 composition of your silhouette mount. Try different combina- 

 tions by placing pieces of colored paper against the wall. You 

 will find it fun. 



The main wall in my basement tackle room is made of cinder- 

 blocks which I have painted light green. Another wall is pan- 

 eled with stained driftwood. On the green wall I have a series 

 of three fish trophy silhouettes— brown, rainbow, and brook 

 trout. The fish are cut from light maroon illustration board on 

 a white background of poster board, and each is encompassed 

 in a 3-inch frame of dark green mat board. The driftwood 

 wall has a single silhouette— a largemouth bass which is done 

 in gold on a black background with a white frame of mat 

 board. All of them are set in dark wooden frames which have 

 a natural rubbed finish. Each fish has the weight, dimensions, 



