Blue is so attractive in itself that there is often. disappointment at its results when very much used in a room. Blue walls are very rarely success, and even blue curtains, which for a long time held pride of plage, have yielded to orange; yellow: ream, henna—to the warm tones in general. Yet blue can be used very satisfactorily in a room, especially one with a sunny aspect, if the right tones are chosen and sufficient warmth is produced in other directors. Blue curtains should generally be in Chinese or navy blue, which is not over-purple. They can be lined with cream or ochro. With them may go a blue carpet, and this looks best if it be of a not too much marked Chinese design, with touches of red. For red is really the clue to blue, In clothes "it has been realized how greatly a touch of red brings out blue, and the same thing applies to rooms. There are Chinese carpets with blue backgrounds and with a red and yellow pattern which look exceedingly well with blue curtains. If blue upholstery is used, it may well be in some of the shot shades, which have an under-current of red or a reddish tone. And the cushions to go with these are obviously red in their general.ftct, even if it be produced by means of pattern of different colours, In choosing reds it must be remembered that there are two inet schemes, There is the yellow red which recalls the azalea, find there is the blue red which is pberry in tone. These can Just as can yellow and Dive greens, but they require the tutinest discretion, and it is generally safer to keep them separate. A reddish tone or the actual pi colour will do very much towards Keeping. a blue room in order.
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