Color impact in rugs

George Field, an English chemist, wrote in 1812, "There can be no complete harmony of color in which any of the three pri­maries, simple or compounded, is wanted, and the distinction of harmony depends upon a predominance of one and a sub­ordination of the other two in the composition."

Study the colors anywhere out of doors in the country and prove for yourself this statement. Blue is usually the predomi­nating color, because of the sky, the water and the large amount of blue in the various greens.

Yellow and red are subordinate, but they both are always present—in the foliage and grass, in the browns of the tree trunks and the soil.

On a sunless day in the southwestern desert, the color will be predominantly yellow, but there will always be subordinate blues in the sage and cactus and reds in the earth.

On a raft in the middle of the ocean there is only blue—and a monotony that drives men mad.