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to theory, which requires more blue to balance the red and 

 yellow of the scarlet, the fact is proved by experience; thus, 

 the flower and leaf of the scarlet geranium accord better than 

 the same flower with the blue leaf of the Iris, or Flag. {See 

 pp. 74, 100.) 



2. Red and blue-green disagreeable. 



3. Red and olive-green discord. 



3a. Red and tea-green. (See Tea-green; and Crimson.) 



4. Red and purple wanting. (See Sect. XVII. Blue, C 2, 5 ; 



E 3, 4; F 1.) 



5. Red and blue-purple wanting. 



6. Red and pink-purple, or mulberry colour, wanting by analogy. 



7. Red and claret-purple wanting by analogy. 



8. Red and horsechesnut wanting by analogy. 

 8a. Red and black. (See Black.) 



9. Red and white harmonise, but wanting. ((See Sect. XVIII.) 



10. Red and scarlet wanting by analogy. 



11. Red and pink wanting by analogy. 



12. Red and pink wanting by analogy. 



13. Red and salmon-colour wanting by analogy. 



14. Red and brown wanting by analogy. (See Sect. XVII. Blue, 



B 1 ; C 4 ; E 4.) 



15. Red and chesnut more wanting than brown. 



16. Red and canary wanting, and the red overpowers its companion. 



17. Red and buff wanting, and the red overpowers the buff. 



18. Red and straw-colour wanting, and the red overpowers its com- 



panion. 



19. Red and gold harmonise, but inferior to crimson and gold. (See 



Gold.) 



20. Red and grey harmonise, but wanting. 



21. Red and lilac-colour wanting. Cerise and lilac would be better. 



22. Red and slate-colour wanting. 



23. Red and drab wanting, and the red overpowers it. 



24. Red and stone-colour wanting, and the stone-colour is overpowered. 



25. Red and fawn-colour wanting, and the red overpowers it. 



Hues of Red : — 



Scarlet. (See Blue, Yellow, Orange, Gold, Red, Crimson, Purple, Lilac, 

 Green, Black, White, Brown, Chesnut, Drab.) Scarlet is a 

 colour which is seen at a very great distance (on which account 

 it has been objected to for soldiers' uniforms); and it is better 

 adapted from its brightness than red for ornamentation, except 

 in glass, in which translucid material the ruby colour is more 

 effective ; and when united with blue and yellow in a glass 



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