ON CONTRASTING THE COLOURS OF FLOWEES. 11 



with purple, and the yellow with green ; because violet, the comple- 

 mentary of yellow, is added to the red, and green, the complementary 

 of red, to tiie yellow : 2, red and blue ; the red has a tendency to 

 become orange, and the blue, green ; because orange, the comple- 

 mentary of blue, is added to the red, and green, the complementary of 

 red, to the blue : 3, yellow and blue ; the yellow has an orange, and 

 the blue a violet tinge ; because orange, the complementary of blue, is 

 added to the yellow, and violet, the complementary of yellow, to the 

 blue. 



1. Colours and White. 



" A. Binary Combina.tmis. ~ AW the simple colours are improved by 

 being contrasted with wiute ; binary colours, however, in similar cir- 

 cumstances, are not equally agreeable, and it is found that the eflfect 

 produced depends very much on the tone of the colour contrasted. 



" The following binary arrangements are placed in the order of their 

 beauty, the best being the first : — 



" 1. Clear blue and white. 2. Rose and white. 3. Deep yellow and 

 white. 4. Bright green and white. 5. Violet and white. 6. Orange 

 and white. 



'' B. Ternary Combinations of Colours complementary to each other 

 with white.— As it is impossible to arrange binary combinations of 

 simple complementary colours, we shall merely state the effect of white 

 interposed, either between the binary complementary arrangement, or 

 between each of the complementary colours. 



" Eed and Green.— 1. Red and green alone is perhaps better than 

 — 2, White, red, green, white ; and this is better than— 3. White, red, 

 white, green. 



"Blue and Orange.— 1. Blue and orange.— 2. White, orange, 

 blue, wiute is agreeable, and so is— 3. Wliite, orange, wlute, blue. 



"Yellow and Violet.— I. Yellow and violet are better together 

 than— 2. White, yellow, violet, white; and these than— 3. White, 

 yellow, white, violet. 



" C. Tertiary Combinations of non-complementary Colours ivith 

 White. Red and Orange.— 1. Red and orange look very ill toge- 

 ther.— 2. White, red, orange, white is iiardly better.— 3. White, red, 

 white, orange is better, but not agreeable. 



" Red and Yellow.— 1. Red and yellow are not amiss, especially 

 if the red inclines to purple rather than to scarlet, and the yellow to 

 green rather than to orange.— 2. White, red, yellow, white, is better 

 than the above.— 3. White, red, white, yellow, is still better. 



"Red and Blue.— 1. Red and blue do pretty well together, espe- 

 cially if the red inclines rather to scarlet than to amaranth.— Deep 

 tones are preferable to light ones.— 2. White, red, blue, white, is better 

 than the above, and— 3. White, red, white, blue, is better than either. 

 " Red and Violet.— 1. Red and violet do not do well together.— 

 2. White, red, violet, white, is not so bad as the first. 3. White, 

 red, wliite, violet, is better than either. 



" Orange and Yellow.— 1. Orange and yellow do infinitely better 

 than orange and red.— 2. White, orange, yellow, white, is agreeable. 



