THE CALL OF THE LAND 



when fruit trees blossom, and also green 

 meadows "with daisies pied." A fourth 

 way is to spangle a rich background with 

 equally rich but pronouncedly contrasting 

 color spots. This method is illustrated by 

 the deep blue sky of night studded with 

 burning stars, also by the glorious green 

 meadow bearing "loud" colored flowers 

 here and there. In such cases, as I said, the 

 sparse ornament and its background are 

 both powerfully colored. This last arrange- 

 ment, however, is never a standing order in 

 Nature, but comes and goes. Sunrise at once 

 pales the sky's blue and puts the stars out 

 of countenance. The green of the meadow 

 gives way to brown when autumn arrives 

 and in the winter may be covered with snow. 

 The permanent color art of Nature is of the 

 varieties mentioned before: paired bril- 

 liants, dull backgrounds alone, dull back- 

 grounds studded with sparkles. 



If you were giving a room the most 

 stunning effect possible for a single day, 

 evening or week, you might paint floor and 

 ceiling rich blue or red or even green, with 



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