59. We all know that a northern exposure gives a room a deficiency of sunlight, and the wall treatment should supply this. A southern room, on the other hand, gives so much sunlight that counteracting wall treatments in cold color are permissible.
60. In the color treatment of a room one has either to adopt a harmony of analogy or a harmony of contrast, and this is a matter which depends upon so many conditions that it should be carefully considered. (See ¶ 88 and ¶ 89.) Where a plate-rail is used one must remember that a great deal of color may be furnished by the bric-à-brac, and that the wall behind this plate-rail should be of a color in contrast to the contents of the plate-rail.
61. When we follow a scheme of _contrast_ the borders should be usually complements, and if the reader has studied our diagram he will very readily understand how to determine the exact complementary color.
62. The wainscoting or dado should be the same as the top border or frieze, but of a darker tone. The intermixture of white or black is always permissible; thus a paper as a side-wall might have as its frieze the complementary coloring with more white, while the wainscoting or dado should be the complementary with black added.
63. The cornice should be lighter than the border, and its members may show several tints, with the ceiling lighter still. (See ¶ 92.)
64. As a rule the color of the chair coverings should be the complementary of the side-walls, and the color of the furniture frames should be complementary to the wainscoting; so by following this rule we find that the wainscoting serves as a contrasting background to the chair frame.
65. Let us imagine a room wherein the side-walls are of a reddish tint; the wainscoting, being a complementary color, is of a greenish cast. The furniture is of mahogany, and in contrast to the wainscoting, while the chair covering, being greenish in contrast to the chair frame, is also in contrast to the side-wall. Here we have, then, the color relations of side-wall, wainscoting, furniture-frames and covering; but it is undesirable that these tones should be in the same scale. (See ¶ 62 and ¶ 92, also tables pages 42 and 43.)
{ { { _Furniture_: Large pieces, preserving broken { { { heights. { { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rules of proportion. { { HIGH { _Color_: Subdued contrasts of somber tones { { CEILING { picked out in contrasts of gold, red { { { and orange. Masses of luminous color are { { { permissible in well-lighted rooms. Borders, { { { friezes, dadoes and wainscotings may be { { { used, and a bordered carpet or large rug { WELL { { in the low tone of the color scheme. { LIGHTED { { { { _Furniture_: Avoid high pieces, excepting as { { { relief to the use of many low pieces. { { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rule of proportion, { { LOW { using perpendicular stripes to give height { { CEILING { effect on wall; avoid friezes, wainscoting, { { { dadoes. Carpet borders may be safely used. { { { _Color_: Subdued contrast of somber tones { { { picked out in bright effects; luminous { { { masses permissible. LARGE{ ROOM { { { _Furniture_: Large pieces, preserving broken { { { heights. { { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rules of proportion. { { HIGH { _Color_: Softly luminous, soft orange, yellow, { { CEILING { green, sunshiny colors to give artificial { { { light, picked out with contrasting color. { { { Border, frieze and wainscoting may be used, { { { also carpet or large rugs in the low tone { POORLY { { of the color scheme. { LIGHTED { { { { _Furniture_: Low pieces relieved by some high { { { pieces. { { { _Designs_: On walls, draperies and furniture { { { coverings follow rule of proportion, { { LOW { using perpendicular stripes to give wall { { CEILING { height; avoid friezes, wainscoting or { { { dado; carpet borders may be safely used { { { in the low tone of the color scheme. { { { _Color_: Softly luminous, soft orange, yellow, { { { green, sunshiny colors to give artificial { { { light, picked out with contrasting color.