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but the deepening of tones in general colour provides for that, and for
the use of rugs of a different character. In a room of this kind perhaps
the best possible effect is produced by the use of some textile as a
wall-covering, as in that case the same material with a contrasted
colour in the lining can be used for curtains, and to some extent in the
furniture. This use of one material has not only an effect of richness
which is due to the library of the house, but it softens and brings
together all the heterogeneous things which different members of a large
family are apt to require in a sitting-room.

To those who prefer to work out and adapt their own surroundings, it is
well to illustrate the advice given for colour in different exposures by
selecting particular rooms, with their various relations to light, use,
and circumstances, and seeing how colour-principles can be applied to
them.

We may choose a reception-hall, in either a city or country house, since
the treatment would in both cases be guided by the same rules. If in a
city house, it may be on the shady or the sunny side of the street, and
this at once would differentiate, perhaps the colour, and certainly the
depth of colour to be used. If it is the hall of a country house the
difference between north or south light will not be as great, since a
room opening on the north in a house standing alone, in unobstructed
space, would have an effect of coldness, but not necessarily of shadow
or darkness. The first condition, then, of coldness of light would have
to be considered in both cases, but less positively in the country, than
in the city house. If the room is actually dark, a warm or orange tone
of yellow will both modify and lighten it.

Gold-coloured or yellow canvas with oak mouldings lighten and warm the

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