BROKEN AND SHADED LIGHT 



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by coming through clouds, it is commonly sup- 

 posed that the shadow disappears entirely. We 

 think of a cloudy day as a shadowless day, and 

 practically it is so. The outlines of the shadow 

 are lost, and yet the shadow itself is there, if we 

 will but look for it. The green maple on the 

 lawn has its breaks of light and dark seen in 

 the foliage, and its form is cast in shadow on 

 the ground, but the latter is very faint. It is 

 only by the generally darkened tone that we can 

 detect the shadow on such a day, and even then 

 there is little distinction in color between it and 

 its surroundings. Sometimes at a distance the 

 shadow will appear bluish, but that effect is 

 atmospheric rather than reflective. Sometimes, 

 too, odd colors will creep into the shadows when 

 the sky overhead is clouded and there are spots 

 or breaks of light along the horizon ; but when 

 the whole sky is under a veil of cloud, the color 

 of the shadow is practically neutralized, and 

 takes its hue from the ground upon which it is 

 cast. 



The conditions of shadow production under 

 moonlight are similar to those under sunlight, 

 except that the degree of both light and shade 

 is largely reduced. That the direct moonlight 

 produces color wherever it strikes the garment- 



