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ter its suggestion of some other color. A yellow 

 green may be divided into a large amount of green 

 and a lesser amount of yellow. 



Consider two groups of colors, one with the 

 dominant note the same for all its members, but 

 with the modifying notes different ; the other with 

 different dominants, but possessing the same mod- 

 ifier. As a rule the first group will clash while the 

 second will harmonize. From this it may be de- 

 duced that where color plays a large part, the dom- 

 inant notes should possess variety, with enough of 

 the modifier present to harmonize them and pull 

 them together. This refers of course only to col- 

 ors of high intensity, for the duller tones are sel- 

 dom inharmonious in combination. This is be- 

 cause they possess the common element of neutral- 

 ity. 



In the design chapter it was said that the final 

 result of every design scheme should be a balance. 

 The balance applies to color as well as to form. 

 This does not necessarily imply that the same color 

 note must be repeated on opposite sides of the de- 

 sign, there is no chance for subtlety in such a 

 treatment, but it means that the color accents of 

 whatever sort, though quite dissimilar, must form 

 a balance. 



