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Eed and violet contrast better than blue and violet. 

 Yellow and orange ditto ditto red and orange. 

 Yellow and green ditto ditto blue and green. 



IV. When two colours harmonize badly, they had better be separated by 

 something white. 



V. Black never produces a bad effect when combined with two bright colours. 

 In such cases, indeed, it is often better than white, especially when separat- 

 ing the one colour from the other. For example,— Black produces a harmony 

 of contrast with the following binary arrangements : viz., red and orange, red 

 and yellow, orange and yellow, orange and gi-een, yellow and green. 



VI. Black associated with dark colours, such as blue and violet, or with 

 bright colours with a deep tone, produces harmonies that often have a good 

 effect. For example, an arrangement of black, blue, and violet, is better 

 than one of white, blue, violet, white, &c. ; the latter being too violent. 



VII. Black with two colours, one bright and the other dark, is not so good 

 as when the two colours are both light ; and in the first case, the brighter one 

 of the colours, the more the effect produced. Thus, in the following arrange- 

 ment, black is inferior to white : — 



Eed and Mue. 1 Orange and bine. I Yellow and blue, | Green and violet, 

 Eed and violet. | Orange and violet, 1 Green and blue, \ 



Lastly, with yellow and violet, if not inferior to white, black, at aU 

 events, produces but a mi(i^dJing effect. 



VIII. Grey, with two luminous colours, though perhaps it does not produce 

 a decidedly bad effect, makes the arrangement look flat, and is inferior to 

 black or white. With red and orange, perhaps grey may be better than white ; 

 but it is inferior to it, as well as to black, when placed with red and green, red 

 and yellow, orange and yellow, orange and gi-een, or yellow and green ; it is 

 also inferior to white, with yellow and blue. 



IX. Grey associated with dark colours, such as blue and violet, and with 

 bright colours of a deep tone, does not produce so good an effect as black in the 

 same cases. If the colours do not look well together, it is better to separate 

 them. 



X. Grey and two colours, one bright and the other dark, is bettet than 

 white, if the latter produces a contrast of too deep a tone, and better than 

 black, if the latter increases the proportion of dark colours too much. For 

 example, grey is better than black with green and violet, green and blue, 

 orange and violet. 



XI. When two colours harmonize badly, they had better be separated 

 by white, black, or gi-ey ; but, in so doing, attention must be paid to the 

 tone of the colours, and to the proportion .of light and dark colours. For 

 example, as to the tone of the colours, the effect of white with red and orange 

 is lessened in proportion as their tones are deepened. Black, on the contrarj-, 

 does very well with the same colours at their normal tone ; that is, when, 

 •without containing any black, they are as intense as possible. Lastly, grey 



