The Golden State: Where & How to Live, Secure, Visit, Enjoy and Thrive in California
Painting And Decorating
LIVING ROOM
Color Scheme ... Pale green, royal blue
Ceiling... White with tint of ivory
Wall and Woodwork ... Green
Rug ... Green, several shades darker than walls
Furniture ... Sofa — rust
Arm chairs — beige with a small dainty pattern in green
Wing chair — striped green and ivory material
Love seat — royal blue with large, flowered pattern in ivory, red, and green
Draperies ... Royal blue same as love seat
Valance — gold-trimmed with royal blue
Venetian Blinds ... Green
Table Lamps . . . Ivory base with white shades
Blue lamp with small red and green pattern, gold base, and beige shade.
Mixing And Use
Color Fastness • . . Color Transparency . . . Color Mixing . . . Color Formulas
In the previous chapter complete directions were given for choosing harmonious color combinations. Tables were furnished giving a large number of effective color combinations and many specific suggestions were made for exterior and interior color plans, including a number of complete color schemes for rooms. In this chapter, there will be a discussion of the practical question of how these colors may be obtained in the form of paint, and an explanation of the first step in this operation, namely, how to mix the pigment to get the desired color. This is the first step in preparing paint of any desired color. The second and last step is to use the colored pigment in a basic paint formula. This process will be explained in Chapters 5 and 6 of this section. This second step must be discussed separately because the basic paint formula to be used depends upon its sendee requirements. Chapter 5, for example, tells how to mix paint for exterior use, while Chapter 6 deals with interior paints, especially for walls and ceilings. This present chapter will, therefore, explain how to mix pigments of any desired shade for use in the paint formulas given in Chapters 5 and 6.
Color Fastness. Before undertaking to mix colors of any desired hue, first consider the question of color permanence. Some pigments fade quickly on exposure to strong light, others are so resistant to light that they are classed as nonfading. Naturally only nonfading pigments and paints made from them are chosen for exterior painting. For interior work the choice of pigments need not be so exacting, and therefore can command a far greater range of colors. For convenient reference there are listed below the more important coloring pigments, classified on the basis of resistance to fading.
