WALL PAPERS AND THEIR EFFECTS.

Rodney and Otamatea Times, Waitemata and Kaipara Gazette, 28 August 1912, Page 3

WALL PAPERS AND THEIR EFFECTS.

—+ — The colour of the wall papers and j hangings of rooms affects the temper I and disposition of the people who live in them to a far greater degree than most people imagine. Light and 1 cheerful colours may not be the most . economical as far as wear goes, but they are invaluable aids from a health . point of view. Grey or greenish fawn or brown tones, when they predomin- ! ate, are depressing to live with, although they may be cool-looking and refreshing for a short time. So, too, are dull hangings, such as browns and dark purples, whijch -simply irritate iby their hopeless dreariness and dull- ; ness. There is an old rose or crusffed strawberry colour, too, which gets simply exasperating after one has seen. jit frequently. Landlords consider it a I good wearing colour, and think that 'it shows advanced taste, but after a little it simply gets on one's nerves, and the sufferer does not know what ails him. For real cheerfulness there is no colour like a warm,yellow for a room, while sage, green or pink—roso pink, of course—also make charming interiors. People who are sensitive to colour effects feel excessively unhappy ,in rooms papered in distracting coi-

ours. Thus ,a friend, of the writer's,

when staying at a strange house, was puts in a room papered with green and white. The green was pale emerald, and very pretty, but it was antagonistic, and the guest's visit was quite spoiled, so unpleasantly-was he affected by thf» colour.