Festivals.
Long scrolls for festivals have the best effect with white ground. Short scrolls look very handsome with gold letters upon red or blue ground.
Ground Tints.
The tint of the ground-colours must, in a great measure, depend upon the light in which they will be seen. In some cases crimson is preferable to scarlet, and the blue or violet, if placed in a dark part of the church, would require to be much paler than usual.
Symbolism of Colours.
Isa. liv. II.
Behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours.
Heb. x. 1.