§55 XVI. CRIMSON. CERISE. PINK. 121 



Green, Black, White, Brown, Chesnut, Drab.) Crimson com- 

 bines less pleasingly than scarlet with most colours ; but is 

 useful when great richness is required. (In flowers, inside of 

 cactus speciocissimus.) 



1. Crimson and blue harmonise, but wanting ; and they do not com- 



bine so well as blue and scarlet ; they want yellow. 



2. Crimson and purple wanting. (See Sect. XVII. Blue, A 7a; 



B 6b; C 9a; D 4; E 8; F 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.) 



3. Crimson and blue-purple wanting. 



4. Crimson and horsechesnut wanting. {See Sect. XVII. Blue, 



B 6a; C 21 ; D 5 ; F 4, 5.) 



5. Crimson and slate-colour harmonise, but the crimson overpowers it. 



6. Crimson and pink wanting by analogy. 



7. Crimson and peach wanting by analogy, and the crimson over- 



powers it. 



8. Crimson and tea-green wanting, and the crimson overpowers it. 



Cerise and tea-green are preferable. (See Tea-green.) 



9. Crimson and olive-green discordant. 

 10. Crimson and grey wanting. 



Red-crimson. Red-crimson and orange harmonise, and are a rich con- 

 cord, as the petals and anthers of the crimson (or old damask) 

 rose. 



Brown- crimson, Pink-crimson, Purple-crimson, Blue-crimson (or Groseille), 

 are seldom used in combination with other colours for orna- 

 mentation, for which they are less suited than for dresses. 



Cerise. (See Red, Crimson, Tea-green, Slate-colour.) 



1. Cerise and scarlet wanting by analogy. 



2. Cerise and blue wanting. 



2a. Cerise and lilac harmonise. (See Lilac.) 



Pink is an intractable colour for combination. It looks better alone ; 

 but, like peach-colour, it may be used sometimes with others in 

 patterns. Perhaps black combines with it better than any other 

 colour, as black lace on a lady's pink dress. A dark purple may 

 also be used instead of black. Pink is suited to young people 

 without any attempt to combine it with other colours. (See 

 p. 106.) 



1. Rose-colour ; 2. Deep Rose-colour. The same conditions apply to rose- 

 colour as to pink. There is, however, a difference in the com- 

 bination with green, which, unbearable with pink, may be 

 tolerated with rose-colour ; though rarely, except in the case 



