Color and Its Combinations i 1 
nected with the two primaries which to- 
gether compose it. 
The law of relations — if it may be called 
by so profound a name — is in two parts. 
The first is this : each primary color may 
be carried to the next primary color by 
way of the secondary color which the two 
compose. For instance, if a mass of yel- 
low flowers are to be used near a mass of 
red — the shade of clear red which con- 
tains no yellow— something orange will 
make a transition from one to the other, 
that will relieve the eye by allowing both 
the yellow and the red to retain their full 
brightness, and yet not clash. Similarly, 
if strong blue is to come near to strong 
red, blue-purples next the blue leading to 
red-purples next the red, will blend one 
into the other, and leave no sense of 
violence such as would be felt if the two 
came close together in their purity. And 
maroons and scarlets — the two most no- 
torious color belligerents — are harmonized 
in exactly the same way, by a gradation 
of shades which shall lead from maroon 
through pure red on across to scarlet. 
The second part of the law is this : com- 
plementary colors may be used together 
