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67. Acceptable Color-Combinations.—The amateur colorist should not allow himself to become confused by the two theories and two methods of mixing colors. Both methods are used at the present time, and both are offered in this book in order to meet the needs of persons who have learned one method and do not understand the other. While it is probably true that the new theory is more scientific and produces more pleasing complementary colors, the old system is still used more widely, and cannot be overlooked in a discussion of color mixing.
| LIST OF GOOD COLOR-COMBINATIONS | |
| 1. Black and white. 2. Blue with gold, or orange, or maize. 3. Blue, with salmon, or red-orange. 4. Blue with black or white, or with orange added. 5. Blue with gold, crimson, and sometimes brown. 6. Red with red-orange, orange, or gold; black may be added. 7. Scarlet with violet, or black, or white. 8. Crimson with orange, or red-orange, or green. 9. Yellow with violet. 10. Green with gold, crimson, red, or orange. 11. Purple, red, and scarlet. 12. Gold with lilac, or blue-violet. 13. Lilac with scarlet, white, or black. 14. Gold with practically any color. 15. Black and white with any color. 16. Shades and tints of the same color are good together. | |
This list of colors which are thought to produce pleasing harmonies, is offered in the hope that it may be helpful to persons who are not experienced in selecting good combinations from one or the other of the color-circles. Another reason why this list is valuable is that it introduces two so-called colors—black and white—which are often employed to produce certain effects that are obtainable in no other way.
Some of the color combinations are analogous or closely related colors. A few of the pairs, such as yellow and violet, are complementary colors according to the old color theory, and are shown at opposite ends of a twelve-point color-circle. The combinations in the list are in general based on the old theory of three primary colors and a twelve-point color-wheel. It should be noted, however, that slight changes in some of the hues will make the combinations correct according to the new theory (Munsell) with the ten-point color-circle.
