Color Value

Color Value is by C. R. Clifford. The text says whatever is good in interior decoration is the result of consistent relationship between Light, Color, Form, Proportion and Dimensions. The text says that in music certain notes used in pleasing combination produce sounds we call harmonies, and that in the use of color the same immutable law applies. The text says red has for its contrasting color green, and that the contrasting color at any stage may be determined by proceeding in a direct line across the circle.

The text says the Adam style was taken directly from the Pompeiian, but in most cases the background is in the light color, and the design dark. The text says a woman may love flowers, but in the season of flowers, when all nature supplies an over-abundance, the visual sense becomes satiated. The text says the black dress will make a woman look pale, for the reason that the black absorbs whatever color there may be in her face.