THE NEW COLOUR SCHEMES

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 20110, 31 March 1928, Page 20 (Supplement)

THE NEW COLOUR SCHEMES

THE VOGUE FOR GREEN. In reviewing the new designs for interior decorations, it becomes evident that green, without a hint of the jade tone that so long dominated it, is to play a very prominent part in the most up-to-»'!<ite schemes. It is time this colour, with its infinite range and graduations, returned to favour, for. although it was done to death by the school of William Morris and his followers, it, is a good colour to live with, beneficial to the eyes and cheering to the spirits. A fresh spring green is to be the most popular of the many shades. Very little orange will appear in the new schemes, its recent, exuberance having led to its temporary banish meat. In its place comes a nice, clear buttercup yellow, which is to be used with parchment, ivory, or a soft beige. Violent contrasts are taboo and wr -hall find the use of black in temporary abeyance. The combination, however, of two shades of the same colour will be much exploited. Lavender and purple, blush-rose pink and geranium, primrose yellow and old gold, are all alliances that make for furnishing smartness. For the extremely modernist noom, spring green, combined with cream an<T a touch of magenta in the cushions and covers, represents a note that Is to be, sound'd with emphasis. Gold goes well with this scheme, and caned furniture with gilt framing proves appropriate in its vicinity. Cretonnes nd artificial silks display similar cot- ! our-sehernes.