92 LANDSCAPE GARDENING 



found very helpful in the production of color har- 

 monies. The landscape-designer can take advan- 

 tage of these facts in his planting, and lend a vi- 

 vacious or sober aspect to his scheme when it is 

 desirable. 



Many people have a predilection for one hue or 

 another. One may fancy red particularly, and 

 another may prefer purple. There are often in- 

 herent color antipathies. When a person says, ''I 

 don't like blue," he means that that color, apart 

 from its surroundings, is distasteful to him. But 

 for design purposes a color cannot be considered 

 apart from its surroundings. 



It must be recognized that no color in itself is 

 necessarily disagreeable, but only in combination 

 with other colors, and in consequence the questions 

 of color combinations and harmonizations are of 

 the utmost importance. The colors employed 

 must either have sufficient of the complementary 

 to bring out salient features — individualities of 

 hue — or must be sufficiently alike to present one 

 sunple idea. 



Color appreciation is largely a matter of educa- 

 tion, as is the enjoyment of music. Catchy songs 

 and brilliant colors fall in the same class : both se- 

 cure the attention with greatest ease, but do not 



