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House & Garde 
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upholstered in a dark greenish stone blue. A mustard-colored carpet harmonizes with 
the walls. Lampshades and pillows are dull gold 
w here to use yellow 
Between the Oranges and the Mustards Lies a Gamut of Yellows That 
II ill Put Sunlight in the Darkest Room 
ETHEL DAVIS SEAL 
H AVE you ever stood transfixed with de¬ 
light before a gray bowl filled with 
variegated marigolds, ever suddenly glimpsed 
the joyful gleam of a clump of flowering daffo¬ 
dils, or a mass of Golden Glow in a jar of 
blue? If you have never felt the cheery in¬ 
fluence of a sunny length of yellow curtain at 
an unexpected window, of oranges in a tall 
fruit dish, of yellow daisies in a deep brown 
earthen pot,—if you haven’t experienced any 
of these happy incidents, the sunny old world 
has much joy in store for you. 
For yellow is a happy color. It gives light 
in dark places, and dispels the shadow of 
gloom. Used properly, it may make a dark 
room brighter, a small room larger, a dreary 
loom pleasant. It may enhance a group of 
colors as gold does printing and embossing. 
In a somber scheme it is an accent and as such 
it might be likened to an imprisoned sunbeam, 
vividly tamed. When surrounded by a dull 
or neutral background, it shines forth with a 
seemingly increased brilliance. 
In a certain sort of Colonial living room, 
yellow is very much at home as a wall back¬ 
ground. The room, however, should be dark to 
warrant it, and the tone of yellow should be 
pale, creamy and neutral. When yellow is 
used as a wall background it is never wise to 
use quantities of yellow elsewhere in the room, 
if you value illusion and subtlety, but there 
are other colors which, in combination with 
it, create harmonious mysteries. 
Too many people feel that only yellow goes 
with yellow, and that its place is strictly in 
the bedroom where monotonous yellow ex¬ 
panses are punctuated by multitudinous ob¬ 
jects and draperies as yellow as itself. 
Listen, then, to the tale of this hail, which 
