Fig. 128.
Some very satisfactory results are obtained by using good colors, say blue and black, relieved with gilt. Red and white makes a pleasing combination, also red and black. A circle divided into three parts presents a little problem in color harmony analysis. There are three primary colors: red, yellow, and blue. We may use blue in a color scheme. Combining the other two colors, red and yellow, we get orange. Orange is called the complement of blue, but orange is too strong, and a better color harmony is formed by the addition of some of the third color, the blue to the orange, which will give a brown. Now brown and blue make a better color harmony than orange and blue. So it runs, two primary colors give a secondary, but the colors are more pleasing when subdued with the third color or by the addition of grey or white. Red and olive will need dividing paths of some strong color, black or white. When gilt is used it must be edged with black or some very dark color or it loses its effectiveness. While orange is too strong for combination with blue, it is good with black. When yellow is used with the purples it should be a modest yellow.
Fig. 130.
Fig. 131.
